Derrick Williams Prof. Sackley History 199 9/30/2011 “For my own part, I felt indifferent to my fate. It appeared to me that the worst had come (the separation of him and his family), that could come, and that no change of fortune could harm me.” Charles Ball was born into slavery. He encountered the same punishment and had to live the same hard and cruel life similar to any other slave. However, Balls story differs due to his never ending ambition to be active in his attempts to expose, change, and better the lives of slaves. As a young man, Ball was sold and separated from his wife and children to a slave trader.
Douglass presents his fight with Covey as the turning point in his life. After a 2-hour fight with Covey, Douglas ultimately conquers and is never beaten again. "You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man" (p. 107). The first part of this statement could refer to Covey’s inhumane methods, if not to all the owners at whose hands Douglass suffered. The second part refers to the milestone in which Douglass resists the whipping Covey intends to give him for disobeying and ultimately conquers.
From here his legacy only continues. Frederick Douglass’ life is one of many hardships and exhaustion. Understandably he is broken and unmotivated at times. But, he always seems to find the determination to become a free man and fight slavery. His perseverance is second to none.
The soldiers in the Vietnam War and for any War for that matter are constantly scared for their lives and just living day to day is a struggle they are forced to face fighting, death, and sickness on a daily basis. “The things they carried where largely determined by necessity” (473) some stuff every man had to carry for basic survival but some other things men carried were more of what they found important to them, all of the weight they carried is symbolic of the emotional weight they carried with them as well. The war can take a great toll on a man constantly moving and having to carry all of your belonging with you most of the things they were
Shell shock was a term only associated with World War one due to the major impact it had throughout the war. It was specifically used in Britain to express a psychological breakdown for a soldier from stress and trauma and fear from battles and fighting. It was hard to cure them as people and doctors considered them to be cowards therefore refused to offer help. Some men only received help depending on their high class or rank in the community, while others were even put on trial and even executed for being ‘cowards’. Shell shock caused a lot of problems and casualties for the country and for the war.
I became a trusted slave my all the members of the family and ran errands some which affected this family directly. I took care of his son, whom the judge in this court has conquered that is lazy and needs a whip of determination to wake him up. I never complained of his diminishing and disrespectful actions towards the blacks and his father’s slaves. My master and his sons have not
He was scared, felt lonely and wanted to do anything to stay alive. Elie learned from this whole devastating event in History. He didn’t continue to struggle as much as he did in the camps. He had no more family with him or alive. Elie was bitter in a way.
Dear Diary, This has probably been the worst time in my existence. I have done things I am not proud of and I’ve hurt people very close to my heart, my family. The gruesome battle between Union and Confederate will forever be imprinted in my brain and I wont be able to get the images out of my mind. I shudder just by the mention of the word “war”. I remember going into it when I was only 21, “fit as a fiddle” they called me.
Since Mary Norcom was only three years old when Harriet Jacobs became her slave, Mary's father, Dr. James Norcom, an Edenton physician, became Jacobs's de facto master. Under the regime of James and Maria Norcom, Jacobs was introduced to the harsh realities of slavery. Though barely a teenager, Jacobs soon realized that her master was a sexual threat. From 1825, when she entered the Norcom household, until 1842, the year she escaped from slavery, Harriet Jacobs struggled to avoid the sexual victimization that Dr. Norcom intended to be her fate. Although she loved and admired her grandmother, Molly Horniblow, a free black woman who wanted to help Jacobs gain
A solider that participated in the removal said I fought through the War Between the States and have seen many men shot, but the Cherokee Removal was the cruelest work I ever knew.”4 Imagine people being uprooted from their home where they occupied it all of their life as well as their parents and their parents. Imagine having your rights ignored to dealing with broken promises, and having to fight for what is yours. In the end, you are tricked or just too plain tired to fight anymore and go on a journey9. A journey where as each mile that goes by, you leave behind a mother, a father, a brother, and a friend. To even set this relocation into movement many of the tribes were tricked into signing treaties.