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Compare And Contrast Jeffery And Harris

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Have you ever had a goal you wanted to accomplish? Well there is this two men named Jeffery and Harris. They both had different goals and they had their qualities that were similar and different. Harris wanted to be free and Jeffery wanted to be with his love. They were both very committed to what they were doing. Jeffery gave up on his goal, and Harris went for it and did not stop till he reached his goal. Jeffery was hurt emotionally because he could not be with his love. Harris was hurt physically because he was shot by some men. Jeffery and Harris had there similarities. One similarity that have in common that they were both slaves. I know this because in the first article "Wesley Harris: An Account of Escaping Slavery." and the second article "An Account from the Slave Trade: Love story of Jeffrey and Dorcas" states that they are slaves. The next thing they both have in common is that both men suffered consequences. Jeffrey suffered by standing up for his true love but she did not get sold with him because the owner only needed one and she had a family of 5. Harris suffered by getting shot lots of times. The final thing they had in common was that they were both really brave and bold. Jeffrey and Harris were brave because they were not afraid of doing things they wanted to do to reach …show more content…

One thing that is different about them is that they were both hurt, but Harris was hurt physically, and Jeffrey was hurt emotionally. Jeffrey was hurt emotionally because his love could not be sold with him, so he was very upset. Harris was hurt physically because she was shot by men. The second thing they have different is they both had different goals. Jeffrey's goal was was to be with his love but he ended up failing because Dorcus, his love, did not get sold with him. Harris on the other hand succeeded on his goal. He wanted to go North to be free from slavery. The place he wanted to go to was

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