To be a SlaveJulius Lester

Gaby Tincher6th

Word Sentence Correct Dictionary Definition

Treachery Lew Cheney escaped, and was even awarded for his treachery.

Betrayal of trust

Prominently I noticed To be a Slave prominently displayed

Conspicuous

Firelight That made the women all speed up so they could finish before dark catch em’ ‘cause it be mighty hard handlin’ that cotton thread by firelight.

The light from a fire

Scaffold The entirely innocent, were taken from the field and from the cabin and without shadows of process or from of trial hurried to the scaffold

Raised platform for workers and materials

Padlock I perceived that it wore a collar of iron about its neck with a large padlock pendent from behind

Detachable lock with a sliding U-shaped shackle

The author wrote this book to explain. He explained how a slave lived back the. How good it is that we no longer have slavery. Also the other authors explained their stories within the book as well.

The text structure is chronological order. It starts from how the slaves are captured for where they lived or how slavery began. Then it goes on to how slavery finally ended. It affects the way I read because everything is in order from the beginning to the end.

Text Representation

1.The masters were in debt or had unnamable slaves

2.They would feed that slaves barley to make the biggest profit.

3.Make the slave look as healthy as possible4.Take the slave to the auction block5.Advertise his “merchandise”6. Start of the bidding7. Sell to the highest bidder.

Subject Author’s Feelings Text Evidence

Slavery To show everyone that were are all the same no matter what color skin we have

#8.Of course my underlying and hidden purpose was simply this: If a child could experience slaves as humans beings then it might be possible for that same child to look at the descendents of slaves and also see another human being no more no less.

Paragraphs Main Idea

Beginning-Page #28 How they felt being a slave and how they were treated.

Middle-Page #77 They didn’t get an identity their names were of their masters

End-Page #122-123 The slaves if they escaped would rather be killed than be captured and returned to their owners

Supporting Details

Details Page # Comments

Occasionally a slave owner would try to be gentle with a child

49 If this was taken out we wouldn’t know how they got the children to cooperate

And it was here that millions died from the conditions on board

22 It tells how bad the conditions were on the boat

Even more rare was the occasion where the auction block was a source of joy

51 We wouldn’t know the auction block was ever a happy experience for anyone

Draw Inferences

What the Book Says Conclusions DrawnSituation: Her kids were being auctioned off.

Character Actions: Begged her new master to buy at least one of her kids

She was devastated and would do anything for her kids.

Situation: Her kids made fun of her whip marks.

Character Actions: Whipped her kids with a belt.

She was really angry that her kids would laugh at something that put her through so much pain.

Compare-Contrast

A Slaves Life

1.They talk about how the children are

2.There children are like “ sheep, goats, camels, and oxen”

3.They do everything for their master

4. How the writer feels bad for everyone else

5.The writer doesn’t think they will ever get freedom

To be a Slave

1.How the plantation looked

2.How the slaves felt at the auction block

3.Some of the slaves escaped

4.Some of the masters trusted the slaves

5.What it felt lke to have freedom

Both:

1.They both wish for freedom

2.Talk about how their masters don’t care about them

3.They have no identity

4.They wish their children did not become slaves

5.Were scarred of their masters

FactsFacts Page # Comments

The slaves called the master house “the big house”

60 It says what the slaves thought about their masters houses

It’s not uncommon for escaped slaves to hide out in the woods.

121 It tells where they would go when they escaped from the plantation.

The women in irons as well as the men.

25 How bad they were treated when they were captive.

The house of slaves were generally fit for more animals than human beings

62 How bad the living conditions were for the slaves.

Others died because they took their own life rather than live as slaves.

24 How badly they didn’t want to become slaves that they would kill themselves they would have to be.

Opinions Page # CommentsI have never seen white people before and they appeared to me the ugliest creatures in the world.

22 From the slaves point of veiw of how white people looked to the

The glorious freedom did not last long

144 For some slaves it did, but for some it didn’t

Freedom turned in to another kind of slavery

145 To some people it was just the same as slavery before just not called it.

The institution of slavery had no redeeming virtues for the enslaves

39 For some of the slaves some may had gotten virtues from their masters

House servants we hated by the slaves that worked in the fields

90 Some slaves hated some slaves thought it want their fault.

Reading Response