Beginning of Essay
In the novel , we are informed of the living conditions, the issue of nutrition and health, the treatment of the slaves, and the long hours and the hard labor which they have to encounter as they journey to their destination of freedom. We also learn of the commit ....

Middle of Essay
.... Mammy Sally could keep warm with was a small, thin blanket. Surrounding their slave cabins was a garden which sometimes a hen would scratch around. Although the living conditions were better at the Hensen plantation it turns out the condition was much worse at the Riley plantation. The slave cabins were far behind a row of trees in the back yard, behind the Big House so the Massa and Missy did not have to look at the pitiful slaves. Usually there would be some laughter and a lot of talk at the Hensen plantation but at the Riley plantation there was no laughter and almost no talk. Much like the slave cabins at the Hensen plantation they were lined ....