"Voice of Freedom"
1. To whom is Douglass addressing his book, and how does the intended audience affect his argument?
Frederick Douglass’s book influenced a lot of slaves in the nineteenth century. Douglass was addressing his book to all American slaves. He also was a slave and lost freedom in America. He wanted his argument of the book to intended audiences. Therefore, he wrote many slaves’ real lives in his book to touch every audience. He also tried to use his own experience to confirm what freedom was an important thing in a person’s live.
2. Why does Douglass so strongly link education with freedom?
Douglass known what the freedom means to a slave. Douglass was a American slave in the nineteenth century. He had a same feeling with other slaves. They lived in the bottom of the society, and never known what their freedom were at that time in America. Douglass encouraged people to fight for their freedom. Douglass so strongly linked education with freedom because slaves should write their own passes and not control by other people. Also, Education could make slaves got rid of their poor souls, and known how to find a good chance to fight their freedom from books.
"Give Me Liberty"
1. Describe the difference between gang labor and task labor for slaves, and explain how slaves’ tasks varied by region across the Old South.
The gang labor and task labor were different on the crop and the size of the holding, and slaves’ tasks varied in the different regions of the South. First, the gang labor existed on large plantations in the Cotton Belt and in the sugar fields of the southern Louisiana. The gang slaves were under the direction of the overseer. And, the task labor existed on the rich plantations of South Carolina and Georgia. The task slaves were assigned verily tasks for day. Also, slaves had different tasks because of different regions. Some task slaves worked in the poor fields, they needed to work as field hands; most city slaves were servants and cook laborers; and many urban slaves even lived on their own.
2. How did enslaved people create community and a culture that allowed them to survive in an oppressive society?
The enslaved people could create community and a culture in that oppressive society because they never forgot to fight for their freedom. The enslaved people forged a semi-independent culture because they were controlled by white. In that time, they still had their own music and dances, style of religious worship, and the use of herbs. Along with the black population far outnumbered the white, the salve culture began to play an important role in America. Also, many African slaves lived and had children in America. Their children were influenced by African traditions and American culture.
