people. For blacks, slavery will always mark a period of hate, cruelty, persecution, and oppression. Their families were broken up and divided. The men were beaten and forced to work while their women were as well. The women would have to endure rape on top of the already difficult circumstances of slavery. According to Gooden (2014), education was denied to all blacks as reading was frowned upon and had to be kept a secret from…
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