The words that create imagery emphasizing the hardships that enslaved persons endured are “callous” and “bloody.” These words evoke strong images of physical pain and emotional desensitization resulting from the brutal treatment of enslaved individuals.
Read the excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.
I suffered more anxiety than most of my fellow-slaves. I had known what it was to be kindly treated; they had known nothing of the kind. They had seen little or nothing of the world. They were in very deed men and women of sorrow, and acquainted with grief. Their backs had been made familiar with the bloody lash, so that they had become callous; mine was yet tender; for while at Baltimore, I got few whippings, and few slaves could boast of a kinder master and mistress than myself; . . .
Which words from the excerpt create imagery that emphasizes the hardships that enslaved persons endured?
“callous,” “bloody”
“little,” nothing”
“sorrow,” grief”
“treated,” “anxiety”
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