Part one of term paper
To Be a Slave is an assortment of passages and journals from the slaves that served their masters during the Civil War era. At the beginning, typical life and daily hardships that occur on the plantation are depicted. The conditions that are described are horrible, even for animals to live in. The slaves are forced to sleep on straw mats, and ...

Part two of term paper
... himself very carefully in the arts of the whip over an eight year period as a driver. He could “throw the lash within a hair’s breadth of the back, the ear, the nose, without, however, touching either of them.” This humane act of craftsmanship made the masters think he was torturing the slaves even though it was all an illusion to satisfy the drivers. Another of the hardships slaves had to face was the auction block. Most of the young children were sold off before their mothers even had a ch ...