e why the slaves betrayed them when the slaves wereconstantly given good care . Of course, the care administered was most of the time severebeatings confused for discipline. One slave ran to a Yankee solider and told him a secret:a secret of where there were two splendid horses. The solider sat in awe wondering whythe slaved had betrayed his masters prize possession, and the soldier replied, Youought to have more love for him to do such a thing. The so-called good slaves and thebad niggers were becoming hard to distinguish. As a plantation owner left for war, heplaced in charge a slave whom was more as a companion than a slave (155). Thefaithful slave agreed to take care of the place. However; the first chance the slave got, hefled. On another plantation, a slave woman who was treated as one of the family membersleft at the first chance she got. This slave woman was born, raised, and even slept in thesame bed as the owners daughter. To the owners girl found this to be the mosttroubling defection (155). As a result, it was not only the slaves wore painful and unforgettable scars, but slave owners also wore scars from all the slave betrayals whichcontinues after the war ends.Even as the Civil War came to an end and the abolishment of slavery began, someslaves left their masters and some stayed and earned wages. Chants of freedom rungthroughout the country as former slaves wondered what to with their lives. Many of theformer slaves continued to stay with their masters until the master confirmed theirfreedom. A former slaves replied, No, sir; my mistress never said anything to me that Iwas to have wages, nor yet that I was free;.... She hant spoke yet,(185) when a reporterasked if he got wages. Although former slaves are freed to work for wages, the abuse andtragic deaths of former slaves still occurred. The slave owners could not grasp the concept of their slaves being free. Someslaveholders forced the former slaves to sta...
