According to the story Kindred by Octavia Butler during the antebellum South, the slaves were treated very badly such as being forced to work for the white people. According to the story of Camp 14 in the 60 Minutes video, the prisoners were treated harshly as well. But they were not like the slaves because they were prisoners and they only worked for the government (camp). The slaves and prisoners both tried to escape from where they were at. There are many ways to compare and contrast the life of a slave in the Antebellum South and the life of a prisoner in Camp 14. One of their similarity and difference were they had education in both cases were to use as a way to oppress. During Kindred time, they were denied education as a way to oppress because the …show more content…
The difference of their living condition was the salves family were started off together but separated as a way to punish. For example Nigel’s father Luke was sold from the patroller. During the prisoners the family member was separated in living quarters got together as mean of reward. Shin’s mom and brother were executed from the prison. The slaves in antebellum south and the prisoners in Camp 14 only ate poor food which mean unhealthy food that can easily get them sick. In the antebellum south the slave can only ate leftover. When Dana was going to the kitchen Nigel told her that they can only ate the leftover if their master left any food. On the other hand the prisoners can ate meat such as rats, insects, and cornmeal but they were unhealthy food as well according to Shin said. In this both cases the men and women were harshly punished. During antebellum south the slaves got punished harshly to both men and women but raped was reserved for women. For example Rufus tried to rape Alice by giving her hurt. In Camp 14 women were punished harshly for misbehaving as Shin’s mom was. Shin’s mom was executed for trying to escape from the