The Slaves' And The Slave Owner's Views Of Slavery

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ulton 19). It is obvious that these cabins with no furniture inside did not seem like people’s homes. Some of the emancipated slaves remember that they used to sleep “...on a miserable bed, [and their] children on the floor” (Lester 62-63). One of the former slaves remembers his experience of living in such a cabin as very uncomfortable. “The cabin constructed... without floor or window. The latter is altogether unnecessary; the crevices between the logs admit sufficient light. In stormy weather the rain [drove] through them...” (Lester 63-64). As for the furniture of the cabins, another former slave remembers that he used to sleep on a plank twelve inches wide and ten feet long. As a pillow he used a stick of wood. He had only one blanket and nothing else to make himself warmer (Lester 63). Except cold, rain, and wind, many slaves suffered from a great amount of mosquitoes. Some slaves remember that they kept a smoke from their fireplaces all night to secure themselves from all the insects (Moulton 19). Sleeping on the plan...