Many U.S people don’t know the true history of Slavery in United States that they were greedy and brutal to people who were in slaves. There are disastrous things that people who were in slave had gone through but there are people who were in slaves that cares one to another no matter what are the cons. Although Gary Paulsen’s novel, Nightjohn, is considered historical fiction, the descriptions of Harsh Restrictions, Brutal punishments, and supports to one another can be corroborated with multiple sources.
There are people who were in slaves in US that most of people who were in slave have broken family structures. This is related in NightJohn because every child is separated with their mother after the child is born. According to the autobiography
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This is related in NightJohn because Sarney have to lie to her master because if they were honest and if the answer is a bad thing, they would have to take a beating. According to Mingo white’s Narrative, “When had to tell them all sorts of lies for our Master or else take a beating”. This shows that this does relate to Nightjohn because Mingo White and Sarney have the same connections that they have to tell all sorts of lies or else take a beating to teach you that you should never do this. So they have to do somethings to keep up the slaves to keep from getting any lashes. According to Solomon Northup, “In about three-fourths of an hour several of the slaves shouted and made signs for me to run”. This shows that there are people wanted to run away so they won’t have to stay with them but the dogs can smell it scents so they can find that person. This relates that John runs away from the field to be freed. Now there are people that doesn’t have to run away because there are no slavery anymore. But there are people who were in slaves that doesn’t experience that anymore that they are scared and dogs would chase after them and tear their body