This assignment should be an interesting one. I don’t know too much about the actual lives of slaves. Back in seventh or eighth grade we read Frederick Douglass’ narrative and found it very interesting to find out about the personal life of a very successful former slave. I expected them not to be treated well, but some of the stories that Douglass had to tell were really horrible and unbelievable.
All I really expect from these narratives are really just more of the same type of similar stories. Their individual life stories will obviously be different but I’m assuming that the terrible living conditions under which they’re working will be fairly comparable. The other slaves probably won’t turn out to be as successful or famous as Douglass but it will be interesting to compare them.
