In the novel the salve captores humiliated and striped their african captives of everything. The captives “had no head scarves or wraps for [their] bod[ies], or anything to cover [their] private parts... [they] had no more clothing than goats and nakedness marked [them] as captives wherever [they] went” (Hill 35). As the captors striped the captives of their clothes. They also took away their human dignity and they became no better than animals. The animalization of black people can be seen in the 2007 Michael Vick case. Michael Vick, a player in the NFL (National Football League) was revealed to have participate in illegal dog fighting activities that abused the animals involved. Vick was indicted and found guilty. It wasn’t the
