He was often half naked without shoes and trousers in the winter. ... As Douglass matures and is sent to live with Mr. ... Frederick now goes to live with Mr. ... This soon changed as he befriended a strong black community where some lived more comfortably than the white slaveholders. ...
To lead astray their pursuers, the hounds and hunters, some slaves rubbed the soles of their shoes with a red onion or spruce pine. ... Many were killed during this time or were forced into Arkansas, some were allowed to live in a neutral territory an the Everglades. ...
The slaves were given "two coarse linen shirts, one pair of linen trousers, like the shirts, one jacket, one pair of trousers for winter, made of coarse negro cloth, one pair of stockings, and one pair of shoes" (www.spartacus.schoolnet.com). ... These slaves have had to live the worst imaginable lives as possible. ...
