In Chapter 2, Douglass describes how slave songs would often include a line talking about "The Great House Farm."
"I'm going away to to the Great House Farm / O, yea! O, yea! O!"
What do you think "the Great House Farm" represents, and why? How do you think this shows the "anguish" and "sadness" of the slaves? Why did they choose to sing about it?
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The "Great House Farm" represents where some slaves were kept and worked. The owner badly mistreated the slaves and whipped them severely. In the songs, they talk about the anguish and sadness to let people know about how all the slaves were treated. I feel bad for all the slaves and i think that slavery should of never happened.
The Great House Farm was where slaves where taken away from neighboring or other farms to work there. They were treated badly with few privilges but it also associated slaves minds with greatness. They would sing the songs to express thereselves and about how they feel here, and I think thats the main reason why they would sing these songs.
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