he also bought herself and Emily. She promised, in that case, to be the most faithful slave that ever lived. The man answered that he could not afford it, and then Eliza burst into a paroxysm of grief, weeping plaintively. Freeman turned round to her, savagely, with his whip in his uplifted hand, ordering her to stop her noise, or he would flog her. Eliza shrunk before him, and tried to wipe away her tears, but it was all in vain. She wanted to be with her children, she said, the little time she had to live. All the frowns and threats of Freeman, could not wholly silence the afflicted mother. She kept on begging and beseeching them not to separate the three. It was of no avail, the bargain was agreed upon, and Randall must go alone. (Rogers 5-6)The mother poured her heart out to Freeman but his heart would not soften.Besides for being physically abused on their bodies they were abused, even when they themselves werent being the ones receiving the lashes. Women and men all have to work on the farm together. Husbands and wives must see all that happen to each other, and witness the suffering of each. They must see their children polluted without the power to prevent it.Peter Randolphs father would often tell Peters mother how the white overseer had made him cruelly whip his fellows, until blood came down to the ground. All his days he had to follow this dreadful employment of whipping men, women, and children, being placed in this helpless condition by the tyranny of his master. Nehemia Adams was a Congregationalist minister in Boston Massachusetts. In 1853 he traveled for three months in the South. What he saw there caused him to question his views of slavery as an evil and oppressive institution He saw that the slaves loved being slaves. They were always happy, and didnt want to leave their masters.When Adams ship arrived he was immediately surprised, all the slaves were in good humor, and some of them laughing. He aske...
