Frederick Douglass
This morning we talked about Frederick Douglass and slavery. Many people though that the most surprising thing in the reading was how the slaves used songs to tell how miserable they are or so that they make their lives a little happier. However, I felt that there were other things that were more surprising. It said that the slave got 8 pounds of pork and a bushel of corn a month. That’s horrible! also, they didn’t get beds and they had two sets of clothing for a whole year. Instead of beds, the slaves would get blankets, but that is only the adult ones. The children didn’t get anything. THey just got very little food and a shirt. They did not get pants, or blankets or anything. I just felt that it was horrible how the people treated slaves. I just hope that nothing like this still happens today somewhere.
