Chapters 2, 3, and 4

Oh wow, I cannot just imagine having hundreds and hundreds of slaves all working all the time in the fields. That number just seems impossible to me. If there is around three to four hundred slaves on a plantation with at least 20, if not more plantations, which puts the number of slaves that his master owns is at least 8000. Mr. Severe's work as an overseer does not seem pleasant to the slaves at all. I feel so sorry for them, even though that was a long time ago. I am glad that he died and his career as an overseer was short. That is amazing that there could be such an honor or privilege even on the fields of work for the slaves. I cannot believe that anybody could mistake the songs of the slaves as their way to vent their happiness. It is obviously how to vent their sadness. Has anybody ever seen the VCR movie, The Prince of Egypt? The slaves there would sing to express their hatred for the Egyptians and sing to express their sorrows. I am sorry for all the slaves who had to endure these terrible hardships. Well I suppose that is one way of keeping the starving slaves out of your lush garden full of delectable fruits. That is terrible though, wouldn't you be able to tell you were starving them? The way these slaves were treated is terrible. They were probably always afraid for their lives, of getting whipped, or getting sold. I wonder if Mr. Gore is anything like Mr. Severe? Mr. Gore probably likes to whip people and see the blood. "His presence was painful." That one four word sentence can tell you quite a bit about this man. From the sound of it, it sounds like the worst. I wonder how Mr. Gore would react if the roles were switched? That is such a horrid thing that he would shoot down a man that escaped into the river to escape a lashing. He definately has my vote to keep the name as Mr. Gore or to even change it to something like Mr. Mercy because he shows no mercy. That is even worse that the little white boys would say that it only cost a cent to kill and bury slave. These people had no sense of what pain and suffering they were causing. I would like to see how the slave owners and overseers would like it if they were put to work under the "niggers" with the same conditions and everything. Maybe then they would be nicer to them.