No man or woman is considered superior enough to be another’s master. In the two articles they both talk about slaves and how they were bought and sold. The article “An African country reckons with its history of selling slaves” written by Washington post differentiates and is equate in many ways compared to “Time Machine…” written by Northrup. Slavery was seen as respectful amongst the whites; furthermore, there are many things alike about the two passages.
These two passages are affiliated in many ways. As state in passage “African Country…” written by Kevin Sieff,” Washington Post,” in paragraph four, sentence two, it states that, “It is raised in political debates, downplayed by the descendants of slave traders and deplored by the descendants of slaves.” Also as stated in passage “Time Machine…show more content… The slaves were not treated impartially, they were upset and angery with the buyers and sellers; the people of Benin wanted the statue to be removed because it commemorated and old slave trader; both passages show hateful or upset feelings. As stated in “West African Country…” paragraph twenty, sentence two, it states that, “First, when Benin was a colony of France from 1904 to 1958, the French didn't want to draw attention to their own role in the
