There was a Great House farm also known aas te home plantation of Colonel Lloyd slaves sometimes had permission from their masters to run errands there. Slaves song a lot of songs at the plantation mentioning the Great House Farm: Douglass didn't understand the lyrics of the songs while he was enslaved. ... In this chapter Douglass tell his readers that not only the owners treat slaves like animals, but they usually value animals more than their slaves. ...
Some slaves were even whipped like animals, and hardly ever fed anything. ... A sailor who sometimes worked on slave ships said that they were separated from their families and connections with as little concern as calves and pigs are selected out of a lot of domestic animals. ... Sometimes the escapers even dressed in disguises, or given farm tools to carry. ...
They were portrayed as savages that came from the wilderness, and considered some kind of animal. ... As the demand for slaves increased because of the settlement of Englishmen in America, the number of slaves reached 11 million, who were divided among farm workers and servants. ...