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This I feel like introduces the story the explanation of the story of the vineyard. He seems very interested but still unsure.

In reading this piece the most challenging part is the language used. I think that it is interesting how even the writer points out the difficulty of understanding slave vernacular.

I think is is so funny how they think the spell over the grapes directly affects the amount of money made each year. These entire story is kinda crazy.

The area of the black belt is unfortunately still around today. Thus showing the lasting effects of slavery on America and blacks.

There were so many slaves trapped in slavery. So, I think that the Emancipation was a good thing for slaves. Even though there were still barriers put up against blacks, it was better than being bonded by slavery.

I think that this helps to show that church was the center of a town and what helped keep together and up to date. Though, there is some negative talk about the time spent at the church, they still find this as a meeting point.

Why do you think that Wells included Lynch statistics in her text? What does she hope readers will get or learn from this text?

It is important to realize the significance in these songs because there is no way possible to imitate completely the voices of the slaves with the struggle and pain that comes from their sounds.

The preservation of these text are clearly important. To be able to find a way to pass down the songs through time and not just allow it to be orally remembered was significant.

I think that this represents the sense of community that these songs created. The power of these moments was simply unforgettable and brought together people to come to one common goal of worship for God.

This is just yet another example of how the master looked at their slaves as property and measured them off of their potential in labor.

I love this quote, and I feel like it helps relate to the central theme of this piece. Keckley strives to make a bigger picture into the life of Mrs. Lincoln by exposing a lot of the motive behind her actions.

It is interesting how she looks at slavery as something that is not her current generations fault but something that is a result of the beginnings of our history of a nation. She says the "law descended to them."

I think that it is funny how the debate of the realness of Santa was even relevant back then. In her writing she was able to depict some of the more overlooked task of serving as a parent and slave at the same time.

What I find so amazing about her story is how she was able to be in hiding for so long in that attic of the house. From this expert its evident that the long time is wearing on her.

I find it very interesting the view on marriage. I think that this idea that being a slave results in you losing the right to up and choosing marriage is something we don't think about a lot. When thinking about her difference as a woman, she is one of the few female characters that actually talks about her want for marriage.

This process seems to be one that could be perceived as vudu like magic. This seems like it could be a principal that differs from the idea of the bible.

There is something so extra secretive about what is happening within this story. I can just imagine this little hut of blacks in the woods hiding out being so ever careful of every move that they make.

I think that this idea is so interesting how blacks were able to learn from black to follow as a model of living. I kinda feel like that same idea exist today in modern day culture. people still follow the white way, and specifically in the US they still have white supremest.

The idea that slaves could not even enter the church to pray is so sad. The fact that he had to send his/her prayer request through their masters because they could not enter is horrible. This is probably one of the most honest depictions of slaves and religion from that time.

This is a representation of how he uses God through prayer. He is able to use religion as a way to relive a slight bit of stress and to have faith going toward the future.

When I read this, I related it back to the conversation that we had in class on Monday. We talked about how the first chapter uses hidden language to talk about the illegal and sketchy acts of slavery. By saying the slaves are going "under-the-hill," it implies that weird activity.

Wells shows is true colors by making another man take his whipping for him. Whether you feel like this action was justified or not, he did what he had to do to avoid putting more wear on his body which in turn helped his future.

I find it so horrible that after taking away the women's child that Walker could be still so inhumane to order her to not only join back in with the other slaves but to chain her up as well. This is a great representation of the carless spirits of the slave owners.

It is interesting that he has the opportunity to almost see slavery from an outsiders perspective. His job being to prep the slaves for trade, he was saw the deception of slave trade and how even slave traders play each other.

This is a interesting moment for Douglass when he realizes that his is no longer content with having to give a portion of his profits to his master. If he earned it, he should get to keep it.

Even in a free state he felt just as unprotected and confined by chains of slavery. It is extremely sad to me that he could not even turn to other blacks because of fear that they may even turn him in for being a runaway. I feel like this is apart of the process that many people forget of when thinking of run aways is what happens after they reach their location.

This is one of the first times that he sees blacks actually prospering, and this gives him a glimpse of his future ahead. These men were not born free, but were slaves just as he was and have a few of the luxuries of life.

I feel like she still taught him out of her own morals. I honestly feel like she knew that the treatment under slavery was wrong, but as soon as her husband basically threatened her she stopped and changed her ways out of fear.

The mistress at first defies the social norms of a someone of her kind at the time. Everything about her from the way she treated slaves to her ability to teach was very foreign. This one experience opens up the door to Douglass and honestly makes him the man that he is know as today.

This is an extremely bold statement in my opinion. Douglass is beginning to notice the change in blacks at this time. He notices that there are blacks that are beginning to mentally break out of the bondage of slavery and have an attitude of rebellion. Even though he is a bit unsure of how successful this movement will be, he is confident in the fact that it will at least begin to change the minds of religious whites.

Slaves being denied the knowledge of their age or birthday is an injustice of slavery that is new to me. I had never thought of the fact that slaves probably couldn't even really conceptualize time. They may have understood seasons or days of the week based on work conditions and schedules, but there had been no one that would know the date but whites.

This is such a sad representation of the destruction of the family unit. Not only was it horrible for the master to separate a mother and child at birth but to deprive human being from the knowledge of his mother passing is even more shameful. I hate that family life was so horrible and really nonexistent for slaves at this time.

I feel like he is saying that know matter how hard the slaves or blacks fought for slavery there was always a clause in the system. Even after slavery was nationally abolished, there were many oppressive and discriminative laws in place that kept them set back in society. Some could easily argue that this is still a prevalent issue today for minorities especially in the voting process.

These lines in my opinion represent his definition of hope in this piece. Hope is found through Christianity. He goes into this description of how the Lord is there through the tears and the sorrows of life offering power to those who are weak.

When I read these lines, I was instantly set back in the fact that I feel this still represents our country today. The opening to this poem is very strong in the idea that America from an outsiders perspective may seem like this amazing place to live but in the inside it is a complete mess.

Her language is extremely relaxed here, and I think that it brings her speech down to a more personable level. Though, I will say that people already had a negative perception of the intelligence of blacks so it may have been more effective on whites if the language was more polished.

I feel like this is a great representation of her advocating for the rights of both blacks and women. This is also a great way to bring the issues of rights down to a more understandable level.

I think that it is interesting that in this monumental speech there were so many that were opposed to her speaking in the first place. I have known about the historical significance of this piece, but I never knew that she wasn't asked to the event.

The historical reference of the colonist coming to America is powerful message speaking upon the character of those people. He explains how they did not "come flying upon the wings of Liberty, to a land of freedom." This goes to show that in his eyes the colonist were never after the right version of liberty in the first place.

For some reason this sentence resonated with me a lot. I think its unique to none his explanation of how everyone is connected in a deeper way that what meets the surface. This shows to me that in order to obtain freedom you must be united first.

At the time, I could easily see how anything could be rejected that was written in favor of slaves or even African Americans. This excerpt has a bit of a religious background while referencing God and helps to explain the goals of this piece of writing.

This is a great example of how both religion and history help him to prove his point. He uses the reference about the Israelites to help support the fact that even as cruel they were it still did not compare to the treatment whites had on blacks.

I like that he brings up the point that many people could not even recognize the oppression of the blacks at this time. It is also interesting how even today, though it has gotten better, there are still not as many blacks in political power.

I feel like this is his statement of wanting to expose the truth and rawness in his writing in a way that glorifies his country and God.

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I feel like if he would have know at a younger age who his father was that he wouldn't have turned so violently onto him in the future. I think that if he would have grown up knowing Alfred in that way his level of expectancy may have been better.

I feel like this is one of the best characterizations of how Alfred is viewed. It's interesting how he sees Alfred actually as a nice man when it comes to non-colored people. This is interesting

I find it extremely interesting how Sejour is from New Orleans which was know for its sugar plantations and puts the setting of the story in Saint-Domingue (Haiti) which is also know for its sugar as well. It's almost like he was writing about his own state in life.

I think that this serves as a good summary of the the contents within the text. As someone who grew up in a predominately black church, I always thought it was interesting the variety of music found within hymns. So I enjoyed reading this piece to see the evolution of the hymnal.

This demonstrates some of the historical significance by bringing in the reference of the first great wave of Western revivals. This specific music and others like it helped to shape the way of African American culture.

This characterization of music explains how the songs almost can serve as a sermon in of itself. It then gives an example in the following lines of how it is applied in real music.

I feel like in the description that this represents the style of these pieces. I find the words "uncharted territory" as a characterization of the music.

This is an example of how the bible continues to become evident in text. The whispers representing the spirit of God leading them out of harms way. This shows that God can lead you in the right way if you just follow him and his voice.

I feel like some people could allude this to police brutality cases in America. Something about the way that this phrase is written helps relate somewhat of how our nation feels about police officers being intimidating and jumping to cruelty quickly before giving people fair judgement.

This is the purpose of the writing and good intro into the piece. Though her situation is not ideal or "pitiable," she still wanted to write a letter showing the struggle for freedom and independence.

I believe that this speaks volumes to how she feels about Whitefield. He speaks about him in such a glorious way. The way he goes past "heav'n's unmeasur'd height" shows the way he is so holy in her eyes.

I honestly feel like her point that she is trying to make within this poem especially these lines is that even though the idea of slavery was horrible it was all apart of God's great plan for her people. She looks at slavery as a way for more people to unify under the umbrella of Christ.

This is like a call to action to the students to take advantage of the gift that God has given you to have the chance to explore the beyond. She seems very passionate about this opportunity for education.

I feel like this word helps readers get a glimpse into the view of the white men from Prince's perspective. The word valiant is defined as boldly courageous; brave; stout-hearted by Dictionary.com. She paints this heroic picture of these men who lose their life which show us that these men are definitely people that she looks at in a positive light. The details that she uses as she further explains each of how each of them die continues to demonstrate her fondness for the men.

In my opinion, Eunice Allen was the the coward in this story. If she was the Indians coming, why didn't she warn the others before leaving. This is probably the only person within the story that was written about and viewed in a negative light. Though the results of her fleeing the scene is not very clear, Prince doesn't seem upset about how it ended for her.

I like how the title of the poem develops the setting for the killings through the word Bars. The location is Deerfield, Massachusetts but more specifically the Bars which is a colonial term for a meadow. Some people may be confused with the location because it is never mentioned in the text, but it is in the title.

This is a key representation of how hierarchy played a role in basic moments, like dining, in society. I can almost imagine seeing an extremely nice China and fancy place settings for the family and then horrible plates and broken utensils for the black which represents the lack of equity.

This instance stands out to me a lot because it highlights something that many slaves many slaves must endure which was the loss of their birth name. Master or whites felt that slaves were so little of a person that they didn't even deserve the respect to be called by their own name. I feel like this is also an example of a part of African culture that was striped from African Americans were having names that were passed down or had meaning to there people.

I find the ending significant because his entire story is a constant journey of uncertainty and oppression, but his life some what ends the way it started: free. Though living as a princes son in no way can compare to living in the high racial tension of America in the late 1700s, he and his family are free and not under the umbrella of the cruelness of slavery.

Though the argument between his wife and the mistress honestly had nothing to do with Smith, he still had to bare the pain and consequences for the association. This instance I feel represents what many slaves went through of receiving unfair punishments and being treated like some type of animal.

This moment signifies the first time he is being stripped of all that he knew. The loss of his father and his home at such a young age was devastating and scaring to say the least. As he is marching toward the sea this is the turning point of him facing the world realities of the color of his skin.

After having to deal with the "Devilsh" Indians, being passed around by serval different countries, and being wounded on English war ship Hammon is finally reunited with his Master. For the first time in 13 years, he is allowed to have a calm about his future.

General Winslow allowing Hammon to go to Jamaica in the winter months shows the close relationship that the two share. Historically, servants were not allowed to leave during the winter months.

I find it interesting that Hammon never refers to himself as a slave only a servant. The term "servant" is used numerous times in the text and symbolizes the relationship between him and General Winslow.

In his story, so many things come easy to him. His story sometimes comes off a little unrealistic. I understand his wanting to create a story that shows how the power of God can even be delivered to ordinary people, but sometimes it seems like some of the information could be a bit fabricated or over exaggerated.