She thought that these women deserved more than what they were receiving. As I stated before, appearances seem to be something very important in this excerpt. Everyone appeared to be one thing, while secretly being another in order to cover their tracks. Slave owners fathered children left and right with the slaves and some didn't even claim the children, even though it was so apparent and obvious. The slave girl refused to be just one more of these female slaves who gave in to her Master's desires. Even though the Doctor promised her everything and said that she would be living like a queen, she stood her ground and refused to give in. In times of slavery, that was something that was practically unheard of. Whatever the master told her to do was supposed to be done. The slave girl was actually pretty lucky that more severe consequences weren't taken against her. She was very confident in what she believed...

Even in today's time, this action and feeling is pretty hard to find. With as much freedom and as much liberties as we are granted today, we still doubt ourselves or try to go along with the crowd, when in reality, we should actually be cognizant of the fact that freedom was once a luxury. This story made me think that we should appreciate the fact that we are free to do and say whatever it is that we want to, because I don't think I could imagine a time where people were once property, and that they were treated as if their value was less than that of livestock.
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