'Slave Narratives\r'

'During the times of thrall many people opposed the thought of forcing somebody to do everything they joint, to own some i. They believed in the freedom of others and to share every one(a) equally. There were many abolitionists and slave narratives who wanted their side of the story to be heard. Aunt Harriet metalworker was a black woman from Homestead Texas and Aunt phoebe bird Boyd from Dunnsville Virginia, both slave narratives. Aunt Harriet Smith was conjoin to Jim Smith. They pureness folks killed her husband and she neer knew wherefore they would do such a thing, he was an near man who went to perform and constantly did what he was told (Soul, 2003).During one of her interviews Harriet was asked how long ago she could commend from her slave days, she could remember all the way back when she was thirteen old age old. Harriet could successfully remember everyone’s urinates as come up, all the white children, her owner, everyone of the slaves she was around, and people she came into contact with on a regular basis. Her owner had first purchased her grandmother and from then on owned the rest of her family from in that location on down. One thing she was extremely fast(prenominal) to was church.They allowed the white people to go to church in the morning and the black people were allowed to go at night. They had a white preacher and he was constantly telling them to behave themselves. If the black slaves were to act up then the preacher would tell there owners and they would be punished. She believed that there was a God, and he would help them. The slaves were neer taught to read and write, the moreover gossip they had was the stories they heard during church virtually slaves being mistreated.This was something all the slaves would talk about when they seen each other and were able to communicate and talk. Harriet give tongue to that the white people were nigh to them. Her owner never hurt any of them. Her owner treated her we ll and whenever her and her family would hear about slaves being mistreated it would traumatise them. They felt bad for the slaves that were being abused. At one point in her interview she was asked why she went by Aunt Harriet Smith and she said by putt the word Aunt in front of her name was a sign of respect, and people respected her.During the civilised War, she could remember sitting with her two cousins on the white sentry fence just ceremony the vehicles driving force up and down the road. They loved the white picket fence and their owner didn’t care if they arrange there. They would watch the soldiers all day long straits up and down the road. One of the reasons they loved watching so much because all the soldiers were colored soldiers (Smith, 1941). During the in all interview Aunt Harriet Smith was very optimistic, she always hoped for the best and didn’t really have anything to say that was too negative.Even when she talked about her husband being kil led, the only thing she kept talking about was how good of a man he was. She never off the conversation into a negative one. Aunt vanadium Boyd was also a slave narrative. She was very kind of the Lord and always believed that something better was coming. Smith, Harriet. â€Å"Voices from the Slavery Days. ” The freedom of Congress. N. p. , n. d. Web. 14 Oct. 2012. . Soul. â€Å"AFRICAN-AMERiCAN SLAVE: Aunt Harriet Smith On Church, Slavery & Punishment. ” YouTube. YouTube, 24 Apr. 2009. Web. 14 Oct. 2012. .\r\n'