They basically went from smiles and laughs to sobs and tears. The ones who stayed home had it just as bad. They had to take care of the children and everything that happened at home. Soldiers faced hard times as well. In the book, many of the soldiers including Inman faced several hardships.
Smallpox and dysentery ran rampant through the ships and such close quarters made it nearly impossible to avoid contracting the diseases. The voyage itself across the Atlantic was estimated to take nearly six to eight weeks (Encyclopedia). Southern farmers heavily utilized slaves to tend to their farmland and expected them to work grueling hours from sunrise to sunset (Roark et al.). Many slaves brought overseas and new to this country were not immune to the disease and parasites in this
He has a good relationship with anyone he meets. He does things that would make the person he is with very happy. He also plans those romantic evening with that person. Then being the middle child he thinks that his older brother gets all the glory and that his younger sister gets everything also. At times being a middle child, they feel that they get left out of many things.
Usually a mate was chosen that was in the same profession as the woman’s father or uncles as this was who they had the most access to. There was no dowry, or arrangement between the parents. Marriage was considered a private agreement between the individuals. After the two betrothed had agreed to live together, they had a party announcing their intentions and set up house. Love and compatibility were considered important for a married couple and the wife was valued as an equal partner in the marriage.
Throughout both Harriet’s and Frederick’s life, they both had experienced very traumatic events. These events include physical and emotional punishment or abuse that they received. Although they experienced different types of punishments from their slave owners, it left both of them feeling embarrassed, vulnerable, and angry. Harriet received sexual harassment and emotional punishment from her owners at the young age of fifteen by Mr. Flint. He would show her naughty pictures, talk to her in a vulgar way, and eventually touch her physically.
Douglass and Equiano were both Africans and slaves; however, they lived very different lives. They were both young children in their autobiographies reminiscing the horrors and hardships they had to undergo as young African slaves. Olaudah Equiano had a worse time, in my opinion, then Frederick Douglass. Equiano was able to know how it felt to be free. Moreover, he was a prince of his tribe because his father was the tribal elder of Benin.
Harriet, as well as the other slaves, was beaten on a regular basis even as a child. At the age of six Harriet was considered old enough to work. Harriet’s Master, Edward Brodas, lent her out to different families where she did a lot of different work ranging from weaving, housekeeping, and babysitting. At the age of 12 Harriet was wounded by a white supervisor for refusing to help tie up a man who had tried to run away. The wound was directed towards Harriet’s head and resulted in seizures, and sleeping spells that lasted the rest of her life.
However most, slaves worked in the fields. Their working and living conditions were horrible and 25% died. Slaves of all ages had to work hard even children. Old slaves not granted retirement but had to care for other slave’s babies.
The effects of the Civil War created many problems in the south socially, economically, and politically. Before the war, life was overflowed with wealth, which was mostly due to the cotton industry. The Civil War affected many people’s lives and left everything in chaos and turmoil. Two brothers who anxiously volunteered to defend their strong beliefs suffered similar problems during this war. Twenty-four-year-old Henry and nineteen-year-old Levi lived with their parents, Thomas Jefferson and Jane Walker, and three younger siblings, The Walkers were Presbyterians who resided in Mecklenburg County North Carolina.
Society in the Industrial Revolution - Child Labour Orphan children were most vulnerable to exploitation, as they couldn't fend for themselves. Due to their helplessness, they were forced to work in factories. Families sent their children to work in factories due to being trapped by poverty. The children were sent to the factories which put them under poor conditions and they received little pay to support their working families. Factories were very poor health and safety wise, therefore the child 'slaves' didn't have suitable working conditions, severely affecting their health in short term and long term.