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Beloved: The Degradation of Slaves
“Two boys bled in the sawdust and dirt at the feet of a nigger
woman holding a blood-soaked child to her chest with one hand and an
infant by the heels in the other.” This gruesome image is a result of the
many degradations that black slaves face. The humiliation these slaves
su ....
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.... him from swallowing, let alone speaking. This not only belittles
slaves but it prevents Paul D. from coming to the aid of Halle during his
time of need. These displays of physical abuse that Morrison portrays in
her novel only begin to scratch the surface of the tortuous physical
degradations that American black slaves are forced to deal with.
In addition to physical degradation, the characters also undergo a
brutal dehumanization process or spiritual degradation. In the novel Paul
D. asks, “ They used a cowhide on you?” and Sethe’s response is, “And they
took my milk.” At ....
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