... masters' lecheries, but refuses to completely omit them. The accounts of unusually heinous treatment by her mistresses - from Mrs. Ingham forcing the woman to do chores instead of sleep at night (66-7), to Mrs. Wood locking her in a cage without food as punishment - confirm Ferguson's explanation of "encoding."" The maltreatment she suffers at the hands of masters' wives points to something deeper ... than the standard practice of cruelty. Her relating of these stories nudges the limits of propriety imposed on her narrative by the Anti-Slavery Society. Likewise, ... . Written in 1759, "T...

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• Grade Level: High School

... again. And this was really devastating for the slave woman not having her children around. If the children were kept the woman slave did not get a chance to see her children all day. "She was with me in the night never having enjoyed, to any considerable extent, her smoothing presence, her tender and watchful care"(2). She was denied a ... man of Mr. -Samuel Harrison to live with him one year; and him used to fasten up with her every night!"(62) . Many slave women were sold as "breeders". "She was bought from a breeder"(62). It is clear from the examples above that slavery was much more...

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... . Although he was affected by the loss of his parents and brothers, Equiano stressed the pain he felt from the separation of his sister. In chapter two of his narrative Equiano says, the only comfort we had was in being in one another's arms all that night, and bathing each other with our ... tears. But alas! we were soon deprived of even the small comfort of weeping together. The next day proved a day of greater sorrow than ... but what they forced into my mouth. Equiano's hope was destroyed when his sister was taken. The slave traders had accomplished an important goal. For now this ...

• Word Count: 942
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• Grade Level: High School