Question

Give a character sketch of the slaves, describing their human nature and loyalty
towards their masters. (Up From Slavery) (​

Answer 1

Explanation:

ᴅᴇꜱᴩɪᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴀʀᴅꜱʜɪᴩꜱ, ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʟᴀᴠᴇꜱ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ɴᴜʀᴛᴜʀᴇᴅ ᴀɴy ᴀɴɪᴍᴏꜱɪᴛy ᴀɢᴀɪɴꜱᴛ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴍᴀꜱᴛᴇʀꜱ. ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴀʀʀᴀᴛᴏʀ ʀᴇᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴀ yᴏᴜɴɢ ᴍᴀꜱᴛᴇʀ ‘ᴍᴀʀꜱ’ ʙɪʟʟy ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄɪᴠɪʟ ᴡᴀʀ. ʜᴇ ᴩᴇʀᴄᴇɪᴠᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟ ꜱᴏʀʀᴏᴡ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʟᴀᴠᴇꜱ. ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴡᴏ yᴏᴜɴɢ ᴍᴀꜱᴛᴇʀꜱ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴏᴜɴᴅᴇᴅ, ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʟᴀᴠᴇꜱ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴀɴxɪᴏᴜꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴀꜱꜱɪꜱᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ɴᴜʀꜱɪɴɢ. ɪɴ ꜰᴀᴄᴛ, ᴛʜᴇy ᴇᴠᴇɴ ʙᴇɢɢᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴩʀɪᴠɪʟᴇɢᴇ ᴏꜰ ꜱɪᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴜᴩ ᴀᴛ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ᴛᴏ ɴᴜʀꜱᴇ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴡᴏᴜɴᴅᴇᴅ ᴍᴀꜱᴛᴇʀꜱ. ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʟᴀᴠᴇꜱ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʟᴀɪᴅ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʟɪᴠᴇꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇꜰᴇɴᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴩʀᴏᴛᴇᴄᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴍᴇɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄʜɪʟᴅʀᴇɴ. ᴀɴyᴏɴᴇ ᴀᴛᴛᴇᴍᴩᴛɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀʀᴍ ‘yᴏᴜɴɢ ᴍɪꜱᴛʀᴇꜱꜱ’ ᴏʀ ‘ᴏʟᴅ ᴍɪꜱᴛʀᴇꜱꜱ’ ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴄʀᴏꜱꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ʙᴏᴅy ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʟᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ꜱᴏ.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Despite the hardships, the slaves never nurtured any animosity against their masters. The narrator recalled the death of a young master ‘Mars’ Billy in the Civil War. He perceived the real sorrow of the slaves. Even when the two young masters were

wounded, the slaves were anxious to assist in their nursing. In fact, they even begged

for the privilege of sitting up at night to nurse their wounded masters. The slaves would

even have laid down their lives to defend and protect the women and children. Anyone

attempting to harm ‘young mistress’ or ‘old mistress’ during the night would have had to

cross the dead body of the slave to do so.