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Which document are you writing about? (Give the title, when possible.) What kind of document is it? (Letter, speech, code of law, etc.) (5 points)
Everyone fears becoming Master Andrew’s property because of his cruelty (he had kicked a slave in the head until he bled). He is then sent live at Thomas Auld’s house, where he works in the kitchen. Auld is a cruel and horrible owner, he justifies his actions with his newfound pity from attending a Methodist camp. He sent Douglass to Edward Covey, who “breaks” slaves. He gets into a fight with Covey, which causes him to gain his spirit back.
I believe that Jourdan Anderson’s letter was reasonably forgiving but he is not going to forget the trauma that he dealt with for thirty-two years. For example, he will never forget the times his master shot him and how he handled his children in the past. The letter he wrote is very well stated with decent English for a former slave. He mentioned some excellent points explaining why he would or would not come back to work at his previous living quarters. Although he misses the family he was a servant for he is still wary and unsure about if he can trust them.
The Narrative of Frederick Douglass is a very great perspective for people of today to understand what it was like to be a slave in the 1800’s. It tells the story of the slave Frederick Douglass and how he began as an uneducated slave and was moved around from many different types of owners, cruel or nice, and how his and other slaves presences changed the owners, and also how he educated himself and realized that he shouldn’t be treated so poorly It was at the point later in the book that I realized how some slaves might have felt during slavery in the 1800’s. When Douglass is sent away to Mr.Covey he is treated pretty badly but eventually he stands up to Mr.Covey and demands that he stopped being treated like an animal.
Benjamin Banneker did not wright a letter to a pedestrian; he wrote it to the most important man in American History. Starting from what the author is (a former slave) this definitely makes the reader feel some kind of sympathy towards him and letting the audience know that he is the victim here. After this he then reminds the reader that throughout his entire life he has been a slave, serving the British Empire “With every powerful effort in order to reduce you to a state of servitude”. By adding all this pitiful comments towards the problem, the author is trying to that he is still found in the same tyranny his ancestors lived.
“Many darkies would have been proud, as I used to be, to call you master.” However, as the letter goes on it is clear that Anderson is able to recognize what his freedom entails him for now. “We trust the good Maker has opened your eyes to the wrongs which you and your fathers have done to me and my fathers, in making us toil for you for generations without recompense.” It is here that Anderson states that his old master failed to pay him for the years he spent at his
In 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. was sent to jail because of a peaceful protest, protesting treatments of blacks in Birmingham. Before the protest a court ordered that protests couldn’t be held in Birmingham. While being held in Birmingham, King wrote what came to be known as the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Not even King himself could predict how much of an impact this letter would have on the Civil Rights Movement. In the letter kind defended Kings beliefs on Nonviolent Protests, King also counters the accusations of him breaking laws by categorizing segregation laws into just and unjust laws. King uses this principle to help persuade others to join him in his acts of civil disobedience.
In James Baldwin’s “Letter to my nephew”, he communicates to his nephew, that he needs to have enough courage to fight segregation of the 60s. No matter the hardships, that may come as the result of him pursuing something he believes in. “To act is to be committed and to be committed is to be in danger. ”from Baldwin’s letter mimics Atticus’ definition of “courage”.
Journal Entry 1: Letter for Jerald Arkwright I’ve just gotten my letter……..hold on. I have to explain the glorious and wondrous nature of this letter before explaining how I felt about getting it. First of all, I am a journalist. I am not a “professional journalist” but I’m an amateur journalist.
Could you tell me your name, please? David Abrams. And is that your name you were born with? No, I was born “Abraham,” - And where were you born? - In Dej, Romania.
In his letter he described his life as an indentured servant as one where he has nothing to comfort him but sickness and death. The life that he was living in colonial Virginia was one where you couldn’t escape or else you will be captured. Attempting it could of cause him to die, therefore he hoped his parents brought his escape but with his parents being poor there was no way of escaping the life of an indentured servant. Having no escape as an indentured servant, he wrote to his parents a letter asking that his parents bought out the indenture. In his letter, he wrote that he was trapped in a place filled of diseases that can make any body weak and leave you with lack of comfort and rattled with guilt.
Ans: The testimonies suggest that the neighborhood around that time were racist and would not understand love and why someone would marry a slave and become slave along with their descendants. It also suggests that they were focused on the white woman because she chose a negro over a Lord. Also, when a white woman gives up her freedom everyone seems to tell her about the disadvantages of marrying a slave. 8) What do they suggest about the relationship between a servant and slave?
To Mr. Smith, Today I am writing this letter to you, to talk about the book Beloved. To my understanding you believe that Morrison only focuses on the women and portrays the male characters to be weak. I can’t agree. Yes, the story is based on a mother who kills her child so that’s the main focus of the plot, but Morrison recognizes the males of the story as well.
James is a practical epistle that I believe is relevant to whatever period of time it is. Its message of living wisely for God by demonstrating one’s faith in his actions is a powerful call to awaken Christians today who are easily enticed by worldly passions. Honestly, I chose this passage because I have been experiencing the same situation like the Jewish Christians. I am in the point of my life where possessions define my success. I get attracted and attached to clothes, shoes, money, travelling, and experiences.
He learns that the master isn’t just going to let you off the hook, you have to stick up for yourself. The slave claims he was taken from his homeland and friends only to work all day in the hot sun, a valid point that the master considers. The slave pretty much calls the master a robber and compares him to one. Douglass may learn where he came from, well “my own country” isn’t exactly where he came from, but it’s better to know that than nothing at all. Slave owners in the South may teach this to their children so that their slaves do not try to escape and make arguments like this.
