Lynxrock then thought that was the end. His home was destroyed, it was unrepairable, for he had even tried using his powers to rebuild it, but it only resulted in the buildings crashing down to the barren ground. Lynxrock knew that he would avenge his fellow people. So, instead, he used the building ruins to create a dragon made of pure rock. It wasn’t an actual, living dragon. But if Lynxrock could focus his powers on it, then he could make the rock dragon’s wings flap. He succeeded in this task and he was in the air in no time. It took him about 30 minutes to get to his destination: Gravisho’s meteor kingdom, of which was called, Grateon. (Gray-tea-hon) Lynxrock’s plan was to use his rock powers to lower Grateon low enough so he could jump on. He would …show more content…
When he came upon the surface, he saw that some slaves (people that had been taken from their real homes and were too weak to go to Shoquaina) were still present, sitting in their slave cells. That was when Lynxrock realized that if he destroyed this city, then it would be like doing exactly what Gravisho did. He knew that the slaves were forced to live here, and that they would live peacefully with him if they did. Therefore, he released the slaves from their cells and they thanked him greatly. He asked, “Your old master is dead. Yet, he destroyed my home. May I live with you, for I have nowhere else to go? Unlike Gravisho, I will not treat you like dirt, I will treat you like the finest rock in the world.” Without any hesitation, the slaves let him stay. Lynxrock made one of the slaves the new King of Shoquaina II, of which they had decided to rename Grateon. Lynxrock made their city much finer than before using the rock of Gravisho’s castle and his powers. The new Shoquainians made Lynxrock their General for defensive and offensive
Servitude is a usual part of African ritual. Tribes would often use trade to obtain slaves by going to the head chief and trading for livestock. Not only did various tribes trade with the people of their countries, but with the Europeans of other nationalities as well. There were times that tribes would go to war and keep chiefs and prisoners of war were kept as slaves, to trade with European countries. Many times slaves were sold due to being punished, or to rape and other various crimes. Some were also forced into life of captivity. It was common for young individuals to be kidnapped and taken to a home of a common family to work and serve them. Many owners would treat their slaves fairly. The masters would own a piece of property and have an apartment for their own personal family along with a home for the enslaved family. Equiano talks about how many slaves owned their own slaves in some cases. If a family was wealthy enough, they would accommodate their property, meaning the slaves. They were a part of the owner’s family and were as brutally treated comparing to slaves of the Colonial U.S.
Facing the Truth is a hard thing for anyone to do, when you’ve gone for so long ignoring what is actually happening around you and living in an idealist worldview it can be hard to escape it. The first mate struggled with accepting what was actually true after the crash with the ship, however he was able to begin to face it after there was no other choice. In “The Novice” the reader should learn that the significance of idealism in an individual’s life is that one cannot hide behind their ideals forever because at one point they have to face the truth. This results in a change of perspective and outlook on life.
...h many slaves were able to escape to free places such as Haiti and Canada, others were not so lucky.
He managed to escape to New York in his twenties. His life as a slave on the plantations, and in
sends the Bull of Heaven to destroy the city. Gilgamesh and Enkidu kill the bull,
As the punitive treatment of slavery carried on, the life of the slave on the Georgia Coast was demanding and extremely...
Douglass gave many important details on how slaves were treated in the early United States. He gives in depth insight on the brutality of how a master treated slaves, “for a slave with knowledge.” Douglass explains in his autobiography how he was unaware of his position as a slave when he was a child but learned quickly from experience around the plantation he was reared. He wrote about how he didn’t know much about his mother, masters thought it was ideal to remove the mother from the child as soon as a year of the child being born in order to remove any attachment from each other in order for them to serve as better slaves. He also illustrates how he and other slaves living conditions with a monthly allowance of eight pounds of pork or its equivalent in fish as well as one bushel of corn meal. For the adults where given basically one outfit that would serve its purpose for one year, if not they would go without for the rest of the year. As for the children they were given only two coarse lien shirts and if not they would be naked for all that year as well. Douglas described that he and the other slaves all had something in common the hard dirt floor on which they al...
Exhausted and undernourished by the time they boarded the large oceangoing vessels, the captives were placed in dark and crowded holds. Most had been poked and prodded by slave traders, and some had been branded to ensure that a trader received the exact individuals he had purchased. Once in the hold, they might wait for weeks before the ship finally set sail. By that time, the foul-smelling and crowded hold became a nightmare of disease and despair. There was never sufficient food or fresh water for the captives, and women especially were subject to sexual abuse and rape by crew members. Many captives could not communicate with each other since they spoke different languages, and none of them knew exactly where they were going or what would happen when
7, pg. 39), which allowed him to fully comprehend the horrors of what he was going through and take the proper steps to escape his Hell. Information about Douglass’ family is not well-known, but in Chapter 5, Douglass provided information about his poor mother, saying “my mother and I were separated when I was but an infant -- before I knew her as my mother” (Ch. 1, pg. 2). Then, much later, Douglass explained much more about his family, stating, “I had two sisters and one brother, that lived in the same house with me; but the early separation of us from our mother had well nigh blotted the fact of our relationship from our memories” (Ch. 5, pg. 31). Other slaves that he met throughout his journey became a family, but nothing will replace the family that he never had to fully take blessing in. Like all slaves, Douglass worked like that of a cattle; however, in Chapter 5, when Douglass was a small child, he was regarded as “not old enough to work in the field, and there being little else than field work to do” (Ch. 5, pg. 29), and with this, he actually spent a lot of his time
off towards the coast on small ships. “If the slave trader was a black chief,
When a slave ship was known to arrive, they were numerous posters and advertisements plastered everywhere. Slaves were then moved into pens, and cleaned to be more appealing. They were also covered in grease or even tar in order to appear healthy. After all, the healthier the sla...
It is prudent to speak here to the inhumane way in which the slaves were transported during this first leg of the journey. The trading of slaves was very lucrative for the Europeans. As it goes in business, the higher the demand, the larger the quantities supplied. All the slaves were branded to show to whom they belonged, and the male slaves were shackled together and packed in the hole like sardines, while the women and children were sometimes allowed to stay on deck. Any acts of aggression by the men or women resulted in severe beatings to discourage the behavior. Imagine being beaten and shackled with a rival tribe man or not being able to communicate with the person beside you because you both spoke different languages!
During the captivity of Frederik Douglass he was very limited with the experiences in his life and wa...
conditions aboard ship were dreadful. The maximum number of slaves was jammed into the hull, chained to forestall revolts or suicides by drowning. Food, ventilation, light, and sanitatio...
Not much is known about the Cape slaves other than their names, gender and place of origin. Slaves were forcibly removed from their homes, family and friends and were taken to unfamiliar lands. Some even had their names changed by their owners- usually to names from the bible, the months they were captured or their place of origin. Company slaves, however, kept their African names. Slaves were thought of as property of their owners and were transported like animals in the worst conditions. The under deck, where the...