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Its interesting to see the distinction between religious life of slaves and free-blacks. Rose Williams stated, "Church? Shucks, we-uns don't know what that means." Whereas for Mary Still, organized religion is a big deal. It was also interesting to see how "A Colored Woman" calls people slaves -slaves to their hard hearts. Although I think her condemnation of many who seem apathetic is maybe a bit out of place. Those free-blacks probably had a pretty good sense that their freedom was not necessarily set in stone, and if by some unfortunate circumstance they were to be enslaved, I don't think there would have been much of an investigation. At the same time, her sense of urgency and power, though, are probably necessary to get people to act. -Chris Plummer | Its interesting to see the distinction between religious life of slaves and free-blacks. Rose Williams stated, "Church? Shucks, we-uns don't know what that means." Whereas for Mary Still, organized religion is a big deal. It was also interesting to see how "A Colored Woman" calls people slaves -slaves to their hard hearts. Although I think her condemnation of many who seem apathetic is maybe a bit out of place. Those free-blacks probably had a pretty good sense that their freedom was not necessarily set in stone, and if by some unfortunate circumstance they were to be enslaved, I don't think there would have been much of an investigation. At the same time, her sense of urgency and power, though, are probably necessary to get people to act. -Chris Plummer | ||
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| + | In Sarah Haynesworth Gayle’s diary I wonder what “excessive indulgences” she was referring to that had made her slaves lazy, full of complaints, and defensive. Sarah later blames her parents for her slaves disobeying her twenty-five years later because as a child her parents prevented her from abusing them. When Sarah describes how she was unfairly treated by her parents compared to the slaves she sounds like a child who is jealous of an older sibling. Sarah Gayle also seems to have less control over her life than other women we’ve read about. For instance in another diary entry she writes about being too afraid to ask her husband where they are going to move and seems to accept the fact that he will make the decision without her input. -Caitlin Quinn | ||
