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Andrew Subway: A Personal Narrative Of My Life

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My name is Andrew Freeway. I am a slave who escaped from my powerful white owner who did not treat me as a human being. I was treated as a piece of property. I was forced to work days up to 18 hours of hard labor. I was given harsh punishments if I did not work my full potential at all times. I was given food that some animals shouldn't even eat. I had female slaves working for the same household who were also beaten and sometimes even raped. At night after working sun up to sundown, I had to go to bed laying on a cold, hard ground that was uncomfortable. I didn’t get to enjoy my life as a slave,and I felt as if my life did not have meaning. I worked and worked and it took a huge toll on my physical and mental health. At night after a long

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