Firstly-Hand Accounts of Slave Life: Voices of Those Aged 86-121

Name Course Instructor Date Voices of Slavery Slavery serves as a strong backbone of the American economy. Out of the five stories considered in this essay, it is evident that all those interviewed associated color/race with the origin of their slave identity. Within this essay, slavery experiences like long working hours, limited rights, unhealthy working conditions, and whipping will offer a better analysis of what slavery life was all about, as narrated by five slaves aged between 86 and 121 years. Cheney Cross, interviewed near Evergreen, Alabama at 90 plus, recounts of horrible experiences slaves endured until freedom came (Pg 66-69). Cross became a slave by default as attributed to his dark color. His parents were bought by their white boss and worked long hours for no pay throughout their lives. Since childhood, working for the whites with little food, no doctor while sick but herbal care and long working hours with no rest proved a misery for Cross and fellow slaves. After the war, freedom came but served as a dream as they had nothing to start their new life with this continued experiencing hardships even with freedom (Pg 68-69). Elige Davison, in