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The slaves typically didn 't like their masters, as described in section 2. One of the slaves said Mistress burn, Mistress burn, and the parrot said the same thing to the slave owner. some however had good owners like the one described in douglas’s excerpt. They would try to teach the slaves how to read and write. The slaves didn’t like their work as described in excerpt 25. They felt it was necessary because if they didn 't work, then they would be given a punishment, even death. The slaves typically didn’t know their family for the most part, but some were fortunate enough to be with their parents like Douglas. However, he would barely see her during the day and night and would not be able to keep in touch with her as described in excerpt 24. Finally religion was the biggest thing slaves had to freedom.(22) They felt it was a way to let their problems out and let God’s word fill them with a sense of freedom they cannot feel when they’re …show more content…

The slaves were excited to be free since if their master died they would be freed.(20) They would be willing to sacrifice someone’s life in order to be free. They felt that they had to make a struggle for themselves to try to learn how to read and write (Doc 13). Some slaves couldn 't pray because it was forbidden by their slave masters so they had to pray in secret and if they got caught the slaves could have been wiped by their master (Doc 15). The slaves were mad because they would always be getting the leftovers from the slave master (Doc 19). The slaves felt that slavery was unfair because the owners and them are both humans yet they lived completely different life styles (The Coon and the Dog). The white people would often tell the slaves that slavery was their duty and that they should obey their master respect them that it was in the bible and their duty (Doc 6). The slave masters wanted the slaves to think if they worked hard they would go to heaven this was a strategy used by slave masters to suppress the slaves (Doc

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