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To Be a Slave is an assortment of passages and journals from the slaves that served their masters during the Civil War era. At the beginning, typical life and daily hardships that occur on the plantation are depicted. The conditions that are described are horrible ....

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.... of the hardships slaves had to face was the auction block. Most of the young children were sold off before their mothers even had a chance to raise them. Slaves were sold and split away from families all the time. Most slave mothers lost most, if not all of their children to complete strangers who had fat wallets and no consideration. The children would be raised into bondage and be kept in shackles most of their lives. A slave named Charles Ball is a perfect example of this monstrosity. His life was going well in Africa until marauders came and claimed him as their slave. For most of his life, he would try to gain respect as a slave. Ball d ....