Murder Her Cause
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Tomesha Lindsay
Eng. 151-011
October 27, 2010
Professor Whitlow
Murder Her Cause
In the literary work, Meditation on History, by Sherley Anne Williams, Odessa lives in a rural county in Kentucky and later in Alabama during the Antebellum era of 1820's. The system of slavery in Kentucky operates as a labor systems like most states in the south with a widespread of cotton growth. Many slave owners come to south in search of land to grow cotton because of its rich production. The slave masters owned slaves and lived in big mansions with their families. Slaves lived in small cabins sectioned in quarters behind the mansion or big house. “The material embodiment of the slave community consisted primary in the quarters or cabins, which sometimes were clustered near the big house but usually were further removed” (Fox-Genovese 149). Most slaves work in the field with the supervision of whites. “In the fields, the white overseers and black drivers saw to it that everyone maintained the pace set by the lead workers” (Sterling 14). An overseer has a watchful eye over the slaves during their routine jobs and supervises the slaves when the slave master was not present. “Even when slave women worked under a driver or in all-female group under female supervision, the shadow of the master or the overseer hovered over them” (Bighouse big hand 190). Usually a driver, a black male slave, helps the overseer supervise the slaves in the fields and on trips. Most small farms work slaves in gangs, which classifies them by age and gender with different duties dividing among them. “Not everyone with a large slave force organized the gangs by gender, but most seem to have done so” (175)....
Eng. 151-011
October 27, 2010
Professor Whitlow
Murder Her Cause
In the literary work, Meditation on History, by Sherley Anne Williams, Odessa lives in a rural county in Kentucky and later in Alabama during the Antebellum era of 1820's. The system of slavery in Kentucky operates as a labor systems like most states in the south with a widespread of cotton growth. Many slave owners come to south in search of land to grow cotton because of its rich production. The slave masters owned slaves and lived in big mansions with their families. Slaves lived in small cabins sectioned in quarters behind the mansion or big house. “The material embodiment of the slave community consisted primary in the quarters or cabins, which sometimes were clustered near the big house but usually were further removed” (Fox-Genovese 149). Most slaves work in the field with the supervision of whites. “In the fields, the white overseers and black drivers saw to it that everyone maintained the pace set by the lead workers” (Sterling 14). An overseer has a watchful eye over the slaves during their routine jobs and supervises the slaves when the slave master was not present. “Even when slave women worked under a driver or in all-female group under female supervision, the shadow of the master or the overseer hovered over them” (Bighouse big hand 190). Usually a driver, a black male slave, helps the overseer supervise the slaves in the fields and on trips. Most small farms work slaves in gangs, which classifies them by age and gender with different duties dividing among them. “Not everyone with a large slave force organized the gangs by gender, but most seem to have done so” (175)....