Monday, 27 May 2013

Compare Douglass's potrayal of slavery on plantations (Lloyd's), farms (Freeland's and Covey's), and in the city (childhood and work at Fells Point...


Douglass portrays life as a slave on the plantations of Lloyd, Freeland, and Covey as arduous
and extremely difficult. As a child on Lloyd's farm, he suffered from malnutrition and endured
frostbite in the winter because he lacked sufficient clothing. He also witnessed horrific
violence and feared that he would be whipped like the other slaves. The slaves on the plantation
worked long days with barely any rest and each slave owner had their own methods of running
their farms and...

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