Ladies and Gentlemen:
I apologize for not getting the post up this past week. I have had my mind in a million places. If you already posted your own version of chapters 3 and 4, that's okay. The format of this post is different than the last one, but because I was slacking, you're off the hook if you posted already. Also, the timeline for the 3rd post (chapters 5-8) will be slightly different. Because I am behind, I won't be looking for responses for the 3rd assignment until August 2nd. If you post before then, that is fine, though. Just make sure that you don't post until the actual post for that particular assignment is online. I'll have put it up later this week. Here's another thing: please, please, do not exceed 250 words. I seriously do not want you to do more than 250 words or less than 200.
Douglass 2 (Chapters 3 & 4):
In your own words, compare and contrast the master, Colonel Lloyd, and the overseer, Mr. Gore. Make sure to use specific examples from the text to support your comparison of these two men.
*Remember the master is the typically the owner of the plantation, and the overseer is like the master's assistant or the manager of the plantation.
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Colonel Lloyd is a very wealthy rich man. He can be described as the richest of all. He owns many things and he also owns a thousand slaves. He owns so many that he does not even recognize them if he seems them on the streets. The slaves themselves would not recognize their owner either. He is very successful because he owns many things. He has some of the finest horses. He is very picky about his horses. The slave would take care of every horse Lloyd had. If any horse showed any defects the slave would be punished.
ReplyDeleteMr. Gore was the overseer of Mr. Lloyd. He had some power over the slave but not as much as the colonel did. He was rich too but not as highly as colonel. He was proud and ambitious. He would mistreat the slaves too. He would take advantage of the slaves’ innocence. “No matter how innocent a slave might be-it availed him nothing, when accused by Mr. Gore of any misdemeanor.” NO matter if the slaves were innocent or not they could not fight back because it was the word of a right man against a slave. It was pretty obvious that the slave would lose. Why even bother on fighting back if it’s worth nothing. Life was not just for them.
Both were wealthy and not so nice. They showed no sense of humor. They were too proud and very cruel.
Colonel Lloyd was a man who enjoyed his many riches. He has all the finest horses and the nicest belongings. When it comes to these possessions he becomes a violent man. An example of this is when he has his garden fence covered in tar. This helped him see who ever tried to get into his garden. If any slave was seen with a stain on their clothes they would suffer nasty consequences that ranged from beatings and lashings. This proved the colonel to be a merciless master who showed no remorse what so ever. This kind of violence was similar to Mr. Gore.
ReplyDeleteMr. Gore was the overseer for the plantation. He didn’t have as many possessions as the owner but he had the same amount of hate and cruelty. The way that Mr. Gore worked was similar to that of a Nazi soldier in a concentration camp. He would find any reason to beat the slaves and make it so they felt lesser of a person. The only thing that was somewhat satisfying was the endangerment of slaves to him. To sum it up colonel Llyod and Mr. Gore had similar ways of punishment and hate and the only major difference was in terms of wealth and as to why they would hurt the slaves.
-lucas Cruz
During chapters three and four of the “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”, Douglass told several stories about brutal and unfair slave deaths while his enslavement on Colonel Lloyd’s plantation. His detailed stories of the slaves deaths was saddening and I feel that the decisions to not punish the suspects was tremendously unreasonable. I understand that they are slaves and they were considered property rather than people, but to go to the extent of breaking a young girl’s nose and breastbone for supposedly “falling asleep on the job” is by no means worth the punishment she endured. Douglass also described a man named Mr. Gore who was one of the plantations overseers. According to Douglass, “Mr. Gore was a grave man, though a young man, he indulged in no jokes, said no funny words, seldom smiled.” (51) The way Mr. Gore is described, it is somewhat a given for the types of deaths he caused while overseeing the plantation. He took his job as a duty. He took it serious enough to have no regret and no remorse for the punishments he served the slaves. It is unfortunate that the slaves were scared into keeping their mouths shut so that their opinions or thoughts would be hidden from their fellow slaves so they wouldn’t gain confidence or knowledge. To be innocent, you would have to be ignorant and fearful, which completely unfair.
ReplyDeleteColonel Llyod was a picky and wealthy man. He was very picky about his horses. If just one little thing was wrong with one of his horses then he thought that the keepers taking care of the horses weren’t doing their job. For example if the horses food was to wet or to dry, or his food was delivered to early or to late, the Llyod would get mad at the keepers and they would be punished. He was of so much wealth that he owned an estimate of a thousand slaves. He had so many slaves that just walking around his farm he wouldn’t recognize so of his slaves.
ReplyDeleteMr. Gore was the overseer. He had different characteristics then Mr. Llyod. Mr.gore was more viscous and brutal with the slaves. He would beat a slave for no reason at all, just because he felt like it. What Mr. Gore would do was similar to that of what the Nazi’s did to the Jews. An example of this would be when he was whipping a slave and the slave ran off. Mr. Gore said he would give the slave to the count of three then he would shoot. Since the slave didn’t come out when Mr. Gore counted to three he was shot in the head and just left to float away in the water.
Colonel Lloyd and Mr. Gore are two similar men with different appearance. These two men are very strict and do not allow any tolerance from slaves. A look to there eye can be a deadly punishment for a slave. Colonel Lloyd and Mr. Gore showed no feeling or care toward other people. They were also the most feared white man in Great House Farms.
ReplyDeleteBesides their similarities, Colonel Lloyd and Mr. Gore are also disparate from each other. Colonel Lloyd is a family man with three sons. He is also the owner and master of Great House Farms. Colonel Lloyd is also classy, wealthy man who only expects perfection. For example, in the book, the Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass it stated, “Every thing depended upon the looks of his horses, and to him for use. If a horses did not move fast enough, or hold his head enough, it was owing to some fault of his keepers.” (29) Secondly, Mr. Gore is an young, handsome man that over see Colonel Lloyd slaves at Great House Farms. He has a big temper and a serious personality. Despite of his job, he is an educated person with an eminent degree.
the one above is Yaffet
ReplyDeleteColonel Lloyd and his over seer Mr. Gore display mutual characteristics of which make it safe to say that they are horrible human beings. They both seek out to make the lives of the slaves in their “care” a literal living hell. Of course treating the slaves as such is easy for them due to the fact that they aren’t seen as human but lowly scum of the earth creatures. As two men of power that control the same plantation these are the similar traits which defy them, however, they too have their differences.
ReplyDeleteColonel Lloyd is the main man on the plantation, the master, the Alpha Male. Anything he says goes for he is the owner of the whole lot. His plantation is rather large making him a wealthy man. Colonel Lloyd, regardless of his inhumane acts, was in a way someone the slaves were proud of having as their master. Mainly because he was rich: “It was considered as being bad enough to be a slave; but to be a poor man’s slave was deemed a disgrace indeed!”(63).
Mr. Gore is thoroughly described in short words commencing the fourth chapter: “Mr. Gore was proud, ambitious, and preserving. He was artful, cruel, and obdurate”(65). Those character traits were all demonstrated through his act of cruelty. He explained himself more through action than words, though there really was no need for words when the way he looked at the slaves told more than he could ever say.
- Jocelyn Munoz [247]
In chapters 3 and 4 of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave; Douglass describes Colonel Lloyd (his master) and Mr. Gore (his overseer). Colonel Lloyd was portrayed as the wealthy master of the plantation. Colonel Lloyd was believed to have over 1000 slaves on his plantation, proving his superiority in revenue. Colonel Lloyd was also described to be finicky with his slave workers stating, “But it was by no means an easy employment; for in nothing was Colonel Lloyd more particular than in the management of his horses. The slightest inattention to these was unpardonable, and was visited upon those, under whose care they were placed, with the severest punishment; no excuse could shield them, if the colonel only suspected any want of attention to his horses” ( 24).
ReplyDeleteMr. Gore, however, was epitomized as the perfect overseer for any plantation. He took pride in the way he managed the plantation for Colonel Lloyd. He was a grim, young man who didn’t oblige any humor when stated, “Mr. Gore was a grave man, and, though a young man, he indulged in no jokes, said no funny words, seldom smiled” (30).
Both were still brutal in the treatment of the slaves on the plantation. Both men used their power to create harm for the slaves. Both were the most highly intimidated men on the plantation. (229 words)
---- Adan Adan
Both Colonel Lloyd and Mr. Gore are very cruel people; we can see this when Mr. Gore indifferently shot one of the slaves, and while “a thrill of horror flashed through every soul upon the plantation”, Mr. Gore remain unaffected for the monstrous act that he had committed (25). Moreover, there are numerous acts that Colonel Lloyd has done were we can see his cruelty, but we can also get a glimpse of this on his children, whom “enjoyed the luxury of whipping the servants when they pleased” (22). Although it’s not Lloyd himself whom is hurting the slaves in those moments, the fact that his children do things like that is only because his father teach them to.
ReplyDeleteFurthermore, Colonel Lloyd and Mr. Gore still have their differences. A difference being their status; Colonel Lloyd is rich, and controls a lot of farms and thousands of slaves, while Mr. Gore, even though he has command of the slaves under his charge, he himself is still lower than Mr. Lloyd and is “quite servile enough to crouch, himself, at the feet of the master” (25). Another difference would be that Mr. Gore showed less emotion to the slaves than Colonel Lloyd. I felt this because “when he whipped [Mr. Gore], he seemed to do so from a sense of duty”(25), while Colonel Lloyd hit his slaves usually due to the “state of Colonel Lloyd’s own mind” (22).
--Melissa Coria
In chapters 3 and 4 of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Colonel Lloyd was portrayed as the wealthy master of the plantation. Mr. Gore was the plantation overseer. According to Frederick Douglass, “Mr. Gore was a grave man, though a young man, he indulged in no jokes, said no funny words, seldom smiled.” (51)
ReplyDeleteColonel Lloyd was a very rich, cruel, and sadistic man. He owned over 1,000 slaves as well as over 20 farms! However, Colonel Lloyd, regardless of his inhumane acts, was a person who the slaves were proud of having as their master.
A man aptly named Mr. Gore, is a very cruel and merciless human being. Mr. Gore indifferently whipped of the slaves while Douglass had to watch and even partake. Furthermore Mr. Gore remained unaffected by the vicious act that he had done. As the plantation overseer, he, too, had power over the slaves. He explained himself more through action than words. He looked at the slaves as though they were less than human.
Still, Colonel Lloyd and Mr Gore are different. Colonel Lloyd is rich while Mr. Gore isn't as rich as him.
Colonel Lloyd and Mr. Gore were both very cruel and wealthy men.
--Ben Ramirez (207)
Colonel Lloyd is the richest and cruelest man. He reveals in chapter 3 his lack of companion for slaves; an example is when he met a slaves from his own plantation, which he did not recognize, and asked him a series of plain questions; like were he was from, how did his master treat him, and if he was given enough food, but the slave, without knowing he was talking to his own master, answered truthfully and 2 weeks later was chained and sold to a Georgia trader because he was talking bad about his master. Another example is when any slave would go near his fine garden an steal something they would get a harsh beating or lashes.
ReplyDeleteMr. Gore is one of the many overseers in Mr. Lloyd’s plantation he was also rich and cruel. He would punish slaves if they talked back or if they say that he made a mistake, he was too proud and too motivated by his power as an overseer to admit his errors, slaves would be harshly whipped, in my opinion he was a man without a heart, he never cared about the consequences he only cared about punishing slaves.
Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Gore are both wealthy proud and cruel men with no heart and no sense of compassion or sympathy for slaves, there ability to hate slaves knows no boundary.
-----Edgar Valle
In these particular chapters 3 and 4 ,the text is mainly focusing on the master Colonel Llyd and his overseer Mr.Gore. Colonel is a ery wealthy man and owns most of everything. He has his own plantations and also owns his own slaves. He seems to have no respet of his slaves and animals. For example on page 33, it states if a hourse did not move fast enough or hold his head high enough it would be treated awful. They werent rubbed the right way,they wernt going enoungh food and hay. Why would he do something like this too his own animals? He was the type of owner that didnt care about nobody feelings but his own. I think that he thinks that he is too good for anything and everyone, and he wants everything to go his way.
ReplyDeleteMr. Gore was said to b awful, cruel, and obdurate. He was Mr. Llyod overseer, but it seem like he was an exact clone of Mr. Llyod, but he had different ways of doin things. For example on page 37 it states that Mr.Gore policy was that no slaves must not answer back to him nor could a slave have an explanation. He didnt allow the slaes to do anything. When he punish the slaves, he would do it harshly and meaningful. He showed no mercy to the slaves. " His presence was painful, his eye flashed cunfusion, and his voice was seldom and sharp", this is how the slaves felt when he walked by.
Both men acted the same way and showed unnexceptable behaviors toward the slaves. They both punished the slaves and beat them till nearly death. I was wondering why do they need to be so mean to slaves? Why do they hae to over exaggerate on things to make it seem like the slaves are the worst people?
Brandi Rhone
In chapters 3, Douglass describes Colonel Lloyd as a wealthy master who has high expectations for his slaves. Following this is the chapter that portrays Lloyd’s overseer, Mr. Gore, as a malicious man. A man of money, Lloyd expects to have the best. In this case, he asks of two slaves to care for his horses. An example would be, “If a horse did not move fast enough, or hold his head high enough, it was owing to some fault of his keepers” (19). Without hesitation, their cruel master, Lloyd, would whip them for not nurturing the horses enough and the slaves were obligated to not speak back and accept this type of injustice. In addition, a slave who speaks negatively of his or her slaveholder could cause the slave to be in severe trouble. Since they are restricted to do so, I believe that they are stripped away of their freedom to speak even though they are supposedly under the property of their slave master. In chapter 4, Douglass not only explains the wrongdoing of Mr. Gore, but a few of the crimes in which slaves have been murdered for irrational reasons. Mr. Gore is the type of person who takes his job seriously and ensures that all the slaves are doing their jobs properly as he is doing his. As a slave, “To be accused was to be convicted, and to be convicted was to be punished” (24). There is no hesitation to punish slaves in Gore’s case. [250]
ReplyDeletein Chapter 3 , Frederick explain he had an overseer by the name of Colonel who owned his own slaves and also had a garden that harvest plenty of fruit, he also explained how the fruits in the garden became a "temptation to hungry swams of boys (9)". Which led to older slaves stealing fruit from the garden and eventually they where caught and suffered consequences by being severely whipped by the chief gardener.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't fair to punish the slaves or accuse them of stealing the fruits because the garden was basically made by the slaves and it wasn't fair if they didn't have goods of it.
Chapter 4, He talks about one of his overseers named "Mr. Gore who was artful,cruel, and obdurate man"(12). he was a man who took no part in any "wrong" thing a slave did. he always commended to be obeyed by the slaves because he felt he was above every person. He even killed slaves at times and didn't even think of it as being cruel and harmful he jut stayed calm and cool.
If i had a chance to go back in slavery times with fredrick and have Mr. Gore as my overseer i would plane to poison him with m follow slave memebers
In chapter 3 of Frederick Douglass, he talks about his master Colonel Lloyd. Colonel Lloyd was described as a rich and cruel man. He was said to have owned a thousand slaves. "Colonel Lloyd owned so many that he did not know them when he saw them; nor did all the slaves of the out-farms know him"(34). Its crazy how he can have so much but know so little. He whipped slaves occasionally but i think it was dumb why he did. It was said that "They were frequently whipped when least deserving, and escaped whipping when most deserving it"(33).
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 4, he talks about Colonel Lloyds overseer Mr. Gore. Mr. Gore was one of the cruelest overseers and the most "dreaded" according to the slaves. "Mr. Gore was a grave man, and though a young man, he indulged in no jokes, said no funny words, seldom smiled"(38). Mr. Gore was basically all action, "he committed the grossest and most savage deeds upon the slaves under his charge"(38-39). If you did something wrong by his means you got whipped for it.
Colonel Lloyd and Mr. Gore are both cruel, but to me Mr. Gore goes overboard with his slaves.
--Lymen Tran
In Chapter 3 of the book, Frederick Douglass, he speaks about his master, Colonel Lloyd. Douglass describes Colonel Lloyd as a cruel rich man. He also mentions that he owns many slaves, a thousand he said. Douglass also talks about Colonel Lloyd's overseer, Mr. Gore. He describes him as always waiting the best. There was this one part where he asks two slaves to look after his horse. He then ends up punishing them because they were not nurturing the hourses enough. They were not able to speak for themselves because they are slaves and they have to do whatever their master says. I, personally, don't think this is fair. Though they are slaves, I think they should at least have a say in something and this case it is for them to get out of trouble. There was also a part where Douglass talked about how Mr. Gore kills slaves and doesn't even think it's cruel of any sort. He is the type of person who thinks whatever he does is right. Looking at these cases makes me want to go back to that time and slap some sense into these people. Though they're are huge chances that they won't understand, I will at least try to help these slaves out. This book isn't going as bad so far, though I am pretty busy, I will find time to read it.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 3 of the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Douglass characterizes his master, Colonel Lloyd, as the richest plantation owner.He's a very wealthy but cruel man; for he owns horses of the "finest form and noblest blood" if they are not cared for to his satisfaction the in-slaved caretakers are whipped;"He has not been sufficiently rubbed and curried...to all these complaints, no matter how unjust, the slave must never answer a word...[the slave] receive upon his naked and toil-worn shoulders more than thirty lashes at that time."
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 4 Douglass spoke of his overseer on the plantation, Mr. Gore. Mr. Gore i believe is a man of pure cruelty. "he was one of those who could torture the slightest look, word, and gesture, on the part of the slave, into impudence, and would treat it accordingly.
Both Colonel Lloyd and Mr. Gore are alike in the case of cruelty towards the slaves the difference between them is the wealth and luxury Colonel Lloyd has on the plantation.
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ReplyDeleteThroughout chapters 3 and 4 of the narrative of Frederick Douglass, Colonel Lloyd and Mr.Gore were by far the most cruel and merciless men Douglass and many others have every witnessed and experienced.Many slaves shivered and cowered in fear when they came across these men because of their fear of getting beaten and whipped senseless or worse, killed.
ReplyDeleteColonel Lloyd was mostly described as a wealthy but fearsome man among his slaves.He was accustomed to have everything he possessed in perfect condition and he would not accept anything less.For example, he was most proud of his perfect fruit that was grown from his cherished garden which he strongly protected by any means.Anyone who was found or caught trespassing in his garden would be severely punished and would see his violent nature bestowed upon them.He would not accept excuses and he would acquire anything and anyone he desired.
Mr.Gore was the overseer who worked for Colonel Lloyd,and was the same man who shared the same kind of cruel and violent nature as his boss.He was a proud,cruel,and obdurate man which,according to Douglass,made him the perfect man to work for his master.He was also a strict man and would not allow slaves to explain if they were accused of something.It seems he was even more cruel than Colonel Lloyd and he would show it by making the slaves suffer and hide in fear.
In the end, these horrible and grotesque men that scarred Douglass memories were nothing but soulless cowards who saw pleasure in making the lives of the slaves hard and miserable.
--Wilfredo Felix
In chapters three and four Frederick Douglass talks about two of his masters, Colonel Lloyd and Mr. Gore. Both were considered to be cruel and unreasonable. Frederick Douglass mentions that in Colonel Lloyd's plantation, if a slave were to have any tar on them they would be asked no furthur questiotn except get punished. "In either case, he was severely whipped by the chief gardener(32)." He also mentions at the beginning of chapter four that Mr. Gore would pinish among any approach that seemed wrong to him. "He was one of those who could torture the slightetst look, word or gesture, on the part of the slave, into impudence, and would treat it accordingly(37)."
ReplyDeleteAlthough they had a few similarites they differ, not only from wealth but as a person in general. Colonel Lloyd does not know the meaning of work and labor for he has grown into wealth. He also wants to see fear in his slaves towards hinself. "When he spoke a slave must stand, listen and tremble; which is literally the case(34)." Mr. Gore was not as wealthy as Colonel Lloyd, he was Colonel Loyd's worker. Mr. Gore is well focus and is straight to the point. He punishes not for satisfactiton but for duty. Frederick Douglass states that, "When he whipped, he seemed to do so from sense of duty, and fear no consequences(38)."
-- Maneevanh Soundara .
As we know, in chapter's three & four of the book, we are given insight of who Master Colonel Lloyd & Mr. Gore are.
ReplyDeleteColonel Lloyd & Mr. Gore are seen as the most intimidating people that Frederick Douglas has ever came across. The two men are described in words that can be summed up into one who is highly abrasive, seeing that they are strong in their roles; humans above slaves. In the story they both interact with slaves similarly. Colonel Lloyd, being the " slave master, " in my opinion is seen as indirect. He surely can never be satisfied with what is done. In chapter three, paragraph three, it talks about the care of the horses & how " the slightest inattention to these was unpardonable. "
Mr. Gore was a different man, he was high in power in his mind because he placed a mindset into many of the slaves & what he is capable of doing. Being an overseer " afforded scope for the full exercise of all his powers, and he seemed to be perfectly at home in it. " The type of affliction he brought was at a higher level than Colonel Lloyd & he was the Slave Master. Mr. Gore wasn't afraid to kill a slave.
In summation, there ways of punishments were similar but approached differently.
Colonel Lloyd is the owner of everything, he is a wealthy man and acts exactly like you would expect. While we see he is somewhat cruel and very picky about his horses or other possesions, he is not the one who runs the place. Yes he owns it all, but I think that Mr. Gore is the one that takes more charge of the place. Colonel Lloyd is very mean, he is a tough man and you can see it in the book.
ReplyDeleteMr. Gore is hired by Colonel Lloyd to run his property including the slaves. Because of this we see Mr. Gore be a much more aggressive and cruel person. His job requires him to be so. I think that all though Mr. Gore doesn't own the slaves and is of lower stature and power of Colonel Lloyd, he acts as if he knows what is best for all and takes on that role of the head guy. Again as I keep reading the book, I get more attached to the words written by Mr. Douglass. I’ve read the history book but even when I was reading those I never felt so horrible and sad for the slaves.
--Jorge Rivera
In the first two chapters of the Narrative of Federick Douglas, I was surprised when I found out that slaves had little knowledge of themselves. They didn’t even know how old they were and were only able to guess. What intrigued me was that Federick’s father was a “white man” and believed to be his master. I became to think of the relationship he would’ve had between his masters if he really was his offspring… Would it be differen’t?
ReplyDeleteAlso, the unbearable scenes of slave whippings by Mr. Plummer caused Douglas to set a mindset goal to become free at last. I believe this gave him motivation to obtain his own freedom.
I think I can relate to this because of my relationship between my parents. I think that the traditional asian style of raising children mixed with my American mind set caused me to feel some sort of resemblance. Im sure I cannot even seem to imagine what Douglas has been going through but the discipline I received abled me to be who I am today. I believe the same for Douglas…
In Chapters 3 & 4, Colonel Lloyd is described as a very rich and wealthy man. He was the richest man of them all. He owned many slaves and was rich with many material things. In my point of view he was filthy rich, he had so much. He could see a slave and he wouldn’t recognize it was his because he owned so many. Colonel Lloyd was also a very big fan of horses. All the horses he owned where his greatest treasure. He made sure they were very well taken care of. The slaves were the ones who took care of the horses, and if something were to happen to the horses the slaves would suffer the consequences.
ReplyDeleteColonel Lloyd’s right hand was Mr. Gore. Mr. Gore had power but nothing compared to Colonel Lloyd. He was a very proud person and like the colonel he was also cruel to the slaves. Mr. Gore was also somewhat wealthy. He made sure to do his job right and that everyone else (the slaves) also did their job correctly so that he wouldn’t end up in any sort of trouble.
Both of these men were awful. They had no conscience for others feelings or well being. They both had what they needed and much more.
Only two more posts to go :/
So in these to chapters Mr. Douglass talks about two people his master Colonel Lloyd and his "assistant" Mr. Gore.
ReplyDeleteHe describes Colonel Lloyd as rich powerful man. A man that would not settle for nothing less than perfect. He had control over nay things and probably about a thousand slaves, but the one thing that he cherished the most were his horses. If they would ever not properly taken care of the the slaves would be punished.
Mr.Gore was Colonel Lloyd personal assistant you can say. He was the overseer he had power but not as much or strong as Colonel Lloyd. Now he was way more cruel with his slaves. His cruelty reached a further level than Mr. Lloyd. He would beat them for no reason and even to the point to where he would shoot them at point blank. Mr.Lloyd would not punish so hard sometimes he would go no further than a whip or until the salve ran off.
The thing that both these men shared was their huge pride and how neither of them had no space for compassion or reason.
--> Aldo Perez :]
In Chapter three and four, Colonel Lloyd was a rich and a supreme ruler man who owns many things. Colonel Lloyd owned a large garden that attracted many outsiders. " During the summers months, people came from far and near from, Baltimore, Easton, Annapolis to see it." People from across the globe would come to see an amazing peice of art. It was so vauable that planation was not a problem, it threw delicious fruits and was the main source for food for the poor. When slaves were caught stealing, Colonel Lloyd would lash them for violations. Colonel Lloyd maintained the finest horses. " His carriage-house contained three splendid coaches, three or four gigs, besides dearborns and barouches of the most fashionable style." Lloyd money gave him the ablility to buy fashionable items. Besides money, he controlled over 1,000 slaves making him the ruler of the land.
ReplyDeleteOn the otherhand, Mr.Gore shared some similarites as Colonel Lloyd. Mr.Gore was also cruel, corrupt, and powerful man as well. "Mr.Gore was pround, ambitious, and preserving. He was artful, cruel, and obdurate." " It afforded scope for the full exercise of all his powers, and he seemed to be perfectly at it was just the place for such a man." In fact, Mr.Gore would torture the slaves if they give him the slightest looks,word, or gresture."Mr. Gore was a grave man, though a young man, he indulged in no jokes, said no funny words, seldom smiled." Mr.Gore was a serious man who doesn't give the slaves a second chance of survival.
-Phi La
Colonel Lloyd, is a very wealthy man. There was a major amount of property, that he was in charge of, or just owned, because the slave were the one's in charge of the property. Colonel was a very wealthy man, he owned a large amount of slaves, who at times would not know they belonged to him, nor did the slaves know Colonel was their master. Colonel Lloyd was interested of what his slaves thought of him so he would send people to ask questions.
ReplyDeleteMr. Austine Gore who succeeded Mr. Hopkins, was a very cruel man who did not really care much for slaves and their good behavior. He was offended very easily by any slaves actions. "He was one of those who could torture the slightest look, word, or gesture, on the part of the slave, into impudence, and would treat it accordingly." (65) As the overseer of the slaves, he was seen to those working in labor as a monster. A cruel man who look as if he enjoyed his job.
Colonel Lloyd and Mr. Gore I believe are different in a way. Mr. Gore being very severe and strict, while Lloyd being a little mean, wealthy and paying others to do work that will bring him wealth.
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ReplyDeleteBoth Colonel Lloyd and overseer Mr. Gore have many similar characteristics. To start off Colonel Lloyd is the owner of the so called “Great House Farm”. Colonel Lloyd is known to be rich, having the biggest property plantation and the most number of slaves counting hundreds. His farm is so big that neither he nor many of the slaves recognize each other. Colonel Lloyd is a demanding and sensitive owner. He is known to have beaten two of his horse keeping slaves for no reason at all. The tiniest rebellion of any of the horses would mean thirty whippings on the back of these poor slaves. Finally, Colonel Lloyd is a sensitive guy that feels what others think about him. He secretly, meaning the slave didn’t recognize him, met with a slave and asked about the care of his master towards slaves. When the slave responded that the master does not treat them well, several weeks later he is sold off to another plantation.
ReplyDeleteNext, Mr. Austin Gore is the new overseer in the plantation meaning that he is stricter than any other overseer. Mr. Gore is known for his cruelty towards slaves. An example, would be when a slave runs out to a creek, Mr. Gore counts to three, no response, bang… the slave is gone. Many slaves fear this overseer because he always finds a way to talk his way out.
To conclude, both men are cruel and with no sense of humor what so ever.
--Leo Aviles [248]
colonel Lloyd was the owner of the planation. he was a very rich man.He on the outside is not a nice man at all. deep down like any other human e somewhat cares about his slaves a tiny tadd bit. He would talk to slaves and ask the how they were being treated by the master. when the slave who was interviewed by Colonel Llyod Slaves themselves would be happy to be his slaves because he was a man of money.
ReplyDeleteMr. Gore was the new overseer of the plantation. he was usually was the one who "took care" of the slaves.i think that Mr. Gore was even worse than colonel llyod because he didnt care. i think its sad how he would treat the slaves worse than the slaves .Its pathetic how if a horse was not treated properly the slave would be shot. he was not very ahsamed to put his personality out becasue he was more brainwashed than anyone.Douglass states"They were frequently whipped when least deserving, and escaped whipping when most deserving it"(33). No matter what Mr. Gore found every excuse to mess with the slaves.
They were both basiallly cruel and if i may say stupid people for not seeing past their actions.
in the chapters colonel and mr.gore were the crulest character in the book (so far). they speak of how the slaves are equal to or less than animals, such as horses, geese, ect. the were the crulest owners a slave could not hope for, but they were extremly wealthy. colonel lloyd had a great deal of land, a great deal of slaves, and a great garden as whell.the slaves used to try and suceed to steal the delicious fruit that was in the garden. once colonel and mr gore figured this out they built a fenced to track if the slaves would break in or even try to break in. there would be tar on anyone who would try to get a piece of fruit they would have tar on them even if they didnt get passed the fence. when colonel and or gore would find out, they would beat the slaves mercifully. colonel and gore found it a personal pleasure to whip the slaves. they whip everyone to the driver to the ppl who took care of the horses.
ReplyDeletei think the relationship between colonel lloyd and mr gore with the slaves is related to the modern-day business workers.like maybe ppl in a facrtory of big companies. the bosses are absolute jerks to the ppl beneath them. they think they arent on the same level and that they arent worth much. wich or course is b.s. the big boses work the other employees like dogs while they get all the money and feel no remorse while the other workers are forced to work all nite, miss time with there children and family, and not enjoy what they are doin at all. they are basically slaves to cooperations while the big executives lay back and feed off the blood sweat and tears that the others put into the company.
Colonel Lloyd owned so many slaves that he doesn't know them all. He also owned horses, and young and old Barney had the dificult task to take care of them. Colonel Lloyd whip them for any reason and he was cruel to them. The slaves couldn't say anything bad about their masters because they'd probably be in trouble. When Mr. Hopkins was dissmiss, Mr. Gore replace him. He was a cruel person that say no jokes or smile at all.A very good example of how mean he was, happend when a slave by the name of Demby was being whip, and he run away into a creek. Mr. Gore after calling the slave three times he shoot him, so he died. Mr. Gore says that is a slave is able to get away, all the slaves will follow his example and it would mean freedom for the slaves.
ReplyDeleteThey both are cruel people, and I think that they are like Hitler. Hitler didn't care for people and he used them to make experiments. On our present days, I think that Lloyd and Gore are like the 3rd world countries. Like in China, youngs and old work extremely hard all day and don't receive enough money to survive. On these 2 chapters Douglass focus his point of view on how Mr. Gore and Colonel Lloyd treat slaves, and stories that go around the slaves.
In chapter three and four of the narrative life of Frederick Douglas Frederick Douglas describes how Colonel is very rich men. I think he is one of the most wealthy masters . He have a cultivated garden that include thousands of slaves. He have the most finest horses that the slave is in charge of .The slaves do not even know who their master was or in their other case colonel did even not know who his slaves were . If something happened to his horses he will punishment the slaves colonel will whipped the slaves by no reason .He traid the slaves pretty bad .
ReplyDeleteMr Gore was the overseer of colonel he was a proud , ambitious and persevering man He was really cruel with all the slaves . He is a grave man he never smiles. He always want to have a cruel face. He would shot the slaves with no heart on it. He was wealthy to but never as rich as Colonel he have power over the slaves but weight less than colonel.
Both were really cruel they never smile. They were rich and proud of who cruel they were.
He owns many things and he also owns a alot of slaves. He owns so many that he doesnt even recognize them. some of tha slaves wont even remember their own slave owners.so it goes both ways for them.
ReplyDeletemr gore was and old grumpy, cruel, and mean old man.he was really mean and cruel to the slaves.mr gore will hate the slaves so much that he would shoot the slaves for no reason.i think he should be treated how the slaves are treatedso he can realice wat they go trough.but theres nothing no one could do to show him why? because hedoesnt have a heart or feelings.
Both Colonel Lloyd and Mr.Austine Gore lived in Great House Farms and both ran that plantation. Except Colonel Lloyd was the master and Mr.Austine Gore was the overseer, which meant that Colonel Lloyd had more power then Mr.Austine Gore and he was just an “employer” .Colonel Lloyd was the richest man it was estimated that he owned thousand of slaves. He had three sons and three daughters. Mr.Austine Gore was a young educated man with an eminent degree. Mr.Austin Gore had similar characteristics both like perfectionists and they were both very strict. Colonel Lloyd was known for having the finest horses and the finest cultivated garden. The garden was admired and a great attraction, many people from far and near places came to see it. “Every thing depended upon the looks of the horses…” (22). His horses had to be in perfect conditions, if the horse did not hold his head high enough or if it was not fast enough, ect... it meant that they were not given the perfect attention and the slaves were cruelly punished. Mr.Austine Gore was a serious man never said nothing funny and always had a seldom simile. He was a clever, cruel and a man with a cold soul. He was so clever that he overcame Mr.Hopkins and took his position as the overseer.
ReplyDeleteColonel Lloyd and Mr.Gore had some similarities and some differences as a slave master. Many slaves feared these two men for they were cruel and showed no sense of humor. They both enjoyed the feeling of total control over the slaves. Colonel Lloyd however, was know to be a very rich man and owned the most number of slaves. So much that he didn't reconized some of them and they didn't reconized him. He loved the idea of being wealthy and had slaves to do the job for him.Colonel Lloyd was sensitive while Mr. Gore was not. Mr. Gore was the overseer for the plantation. He did not have as much power as Colonel Lloyd or was as sensitive as him. Therefore, he was more cruel to the slaves.Sometimes he would beat the slaves for no apparent reason or even sometimes shoot them. Both of these men loved picking on slaves because they were in a lower group than they were. They would tell them when and what to do just like a prison cell. If the slaves didn't follow the orders they would be whipped and sometiems shot.
ReplyDeletecolonel loyd was a whealthy man .he did not like slave he woulde find any reason to whip them.many slave fear him and his over seeer of the plantaion. he had many slave and plantations.well this reminds me of prison.
ReplyDeletethe prisoner would be treated like or the same as slaves. the prisoner would sometime be use as the officer entertanment.
mr gore is the same as colonel loydthey like to treat the slave with horrible punishment.
mr gore is not that rich but he dispise the slave with the hatred as colonel loyd.
Colonel Lloyd was a very wealthy man.He has all the finest horses and finest stuff.When it comes to these possessions he becomes a violent stingy man about his things.For example he filled his fence with some kind of tar to protect his garden and if any slave were to have any stains on their clothes he would know they went through his garden and would abuse them.This proved the colonel to be a evil master who showed no remorse what so ever.This kind of violence was the same as Mr. Gore.
ReplyDeleteMr. Gore was like the captain for the plantation. He didn’t have as many possessions as the owner but he had the equal amount of hate and cruelty. The way that Mr. Gore worked was same to that of a Nazi soldier in a concentration camp. He would look for ways to beat the slaves and make it so they felt more miserable. The only thing that was somewhat satisfying was the endangerment of slaves to him. To sum it up colonel Llyod and Mr. Gore had same ways of punishment and hate and the only major difference was in terms of money.
Colonel Loyd is a very wealthy man who is corrupt and very harsh to his slaves. He owned a huge garden set with traps of course since his slaves would try to steal food. Since he was a violent person he would harshly punish anyone who dared to go into his garden. The slaves were terrified of this man and I wouldn’t blame them because this is a guy who is powerful and smart as well. They would never dare tell anyone of their treatment or else, “If they have any thing to say of their masters, it is generally in their master’s favor, especially when speaking to an untried man.” They had no chance of help and if it wasn’t another trap caused by their master, then they wouldn’t want to take that risk. I would have felt vulnerable if I was in this situation because someone was controlling my mouth and words.
ReplyDeleteMr. Gore, the overseer of the plantation on the other hand was a man that knew exactly what to expect of a slave and if not satisfied he would know exactly how to torture them. He was a serious man with no expressions whatsoever and was capable of killing. He was like a Nazi with no heart. Both were hateful people and cruel to the end.
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ReplyDeleteTwo important figures in Douglass’s period as a slave would have profound implications on his early life. They were important but not positive influences however. These two men were his master Colonel Lloyd and his appointed overseer Mr. Gore. Though both had the responsibility of surveillance and conduction of the slaves, they were two very finely defined individuals different from one another.
Colonel Lloyd was the plantation’s owner and the slaves’ master. His level of wealth is shown to be corpulently high. He was a man of micromanagement and paid attention to details usually overlooked because of his unwilling to appear as poor or anywhere close to the term. This point is illustrated in this quote: “IT was considered as being bad enough to be a slave; but to be a poor man’s slave was deemed a disgrace” (pg 63)
Mr. Gore, despite being just another monitor of the slaves, displayed very distinctly different qualities. He was illustrated as a very cruel man, almost sadistic. It was told how he would whip slaves for no reason at all, and if there was a reason it was something miniscule such as looking at him in the eyes. He is described as “artful, cruel, and obdurate”
Colonel Lloyd was the master and boss of the whole plantation while Mr. Gore was somewhat like the manager that watched over the slaves to discipline them. He took over after the previous overseer Mr. Hopkins was relieved of his duty and it the job was given to Mr. Gore. Both Colonel Lloyd and Mr. Gore were cold men, neither of them felt an ounce of pitty for the slaves. Even though they were both cruel to the slaves, Mr. Gore was far crueler . He was the perfect man for the job of overseer. Never giving a chance of redemption to the slaves. If they messed up they were punished, he didn’t give them any chances. He had great pride in his job and took in the full role of overseer. All of the slaves from surrounding places knew that Mr. Gore was the most savage and vicious overseer. He never showed any signs of emotion when on duty even when he would whip a slave he would be as calm as ever. Colonel Lloyd would talk to his slaves and ask them questions. Since he owned thousands of slaves over many plantations, very few recognized him by his face so he would ask the slaves how their master was treating them and if they said anything bad about him he would sell them and punish them. This is why a lot of the slaves would always talk about how great their master was.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 3, Frederick mentions his master, Colonel Lloyd, a very wealthy yet extremely cruel man who owns a huge plantation powered by three to four thousands of slaves. He had so many, he wouldn’t recognize them but he reassured them to understand their positions. His expectations of them being slaves were incredibly high, if his standards were not met he would take matters into his own hands and they would soon suffer the consequences. For example, Colonel Lloyd’s horses, he valued those horses over all of his slaves combined. He is picky when it concerned his horses and nothing else mattered to him until he is satisfied with the work done for his horses.
ReplyDeleteMr. Gore is somewhat similar to Colonel Lloyd, Mr. Gore was also cruel and powerful. He would torture the slaves with the slightest impression of disrespect or for his own amusement. He is ambitious, a man of pride and who is proud of the position of power he holds to put slaves in their place. He is beyond serious and quiet, he’s determined for the recognition and fear of respect from all he looks down on.
In chapter 3 and 4, Douglass mostly talks about his master, Colonel Lloyd and his overseer, Mr. Gore. Colonel Lloyd was so wealthy to the point where he doesn't know how many slaves he has. Mr. Lloyd only cares for his valuable horses, he would try to make up an excuse so he can severally beat up his slaves.
ReplyDeleteMr. Gore was the captain of the plantations and worked for Colonel Lloyd. Mr. Gore is just like Mr. Llyod, he was a cruel old man. He's heartless, he would shoot his slaves just because he wanted too.
Colonel Loyd is a very rich man who is corrupt and very harsh to his slaves. He owned a huge garden set that had traps in them because his slaves would try to steal food. Since he was a harsh person he would punish anyone who tried to go even into his garden. The slaves were scared him and I would be too blame. I mean this is a guy is powerful and very clever. They would never even try to tell anyone of the way they were treated. They had no chance of help.
ReplyDeleteMr. Gore, the overseer of the plantation, on the other hand was a man that knew exactly what he expected. If he didn't get what he wanted he knew how to torture the slaves. He was a serious man with no expressions and was capable of killing. He was like a Nazi with no heart. Both were hateful people and cruel to the end.
In chapters 3 and 4 Frederick Douglass mentions his master Colonel Loyd a very rich man but is harsh to all of the slaves. His master owned a garden that grew food and set traps for the slaves because they get caught stealing food from the garden. He had so much power that the slaves were scared of him and scared of going to the garden as well. If I was in that possession it would suck because you do not have a choice but to listen to him or else you will get punishment.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand Mr. Gore was the same man but with not the same amount as Colonel Loyd. I would say he was more like an assistant with a lot of cruelty and hate. He basically was the head in charge of the plantation. He looked to see if any slave made a mistake he would make their lives miserable than it already is. They both had a lot of cruelty towards slaves and treat them like animals. They also shared an amount of power but Colonel Loyd had the most. They had different kinds of pay because one was greater than the other.
In these chapters fredrick douglas talks more about his childhood and how life was living with colonel lloyd. He describes it as having a lot of leisure time. he was like any other slave child who was to young to work the fields but spent most of his time doin animal work.In chapter seven he talks about meetimg his new mistress how she was all kin hearted and everything
ReplyDeleteWhile reading chapters 3 and 4 I encountered two charachters, Colonel Lloyd and the overseer Mr.Gore both men cruel and full of hate. Similarly Mr. Gore and Colonel Lloyd had no pity when it came to punish slaves, they both seemed to feel pleassure by bruttally treating slaves.
ReplyDeleteMr. Lloyd is the owner of the plantation, he has more power than anyone in the plantation, as mentioned before he was a cruel person no different than most masters treated their slaves, however when he punished a slave he had no reason to do so.
The overseer Mr.Gore is the man who keeps track of the work that is performed at the fields. Douglass compares him to rattle snakes. His excuses to punish slaves were minimum and riducule.
Colonel Lloyd, a rich master and Mr. Gore, served the colonel as a cruel overseer, both share similarities as well as differences. I was horrified by the way Mr. Gore treated the slaves. He had no problem beating, killing and whipping the slaves. Colonel Lloyd also beat them but it wasn’t described as viciously and horribly as Mr. Gore applied. The colonel made an old man kneel upon him and whip his naked shoulders more than thirty times. Whereas Mr. Gore put a musket to a slaves head and blew his brains out after refusing to get out the creek. Mr. Gore struck fear into the eyes of every slave. Frederick Douglass described him as,” he was one of those who could torture the slightest look, word, or gesture, on the part if the slave, into impudence, and would treat them accordingly.” Colonel Lloyd was extremely rich, Douglass wrote, “to describe the wealth of Colonel Lloyd would be almost equal to describing the riches of Job.”
ReplyDeleteColonel Lloyd and Mr. Gore don’t have many similarities except for the fact that they controlled and beat the slaves. On the other hand they both have numerous differences, which make them completely different types of people.
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ReplyDeleteColonel Lloyd was a very wealthy slave master who owned over 1,000 slaves. He owned
ReplyDeleteall of his slaves and had a cultivated garden that was very rich and made slaves start to
steal the fruit from it. I think this was unfair because the garden was made by the slaves, and it wasn’t fair that slaves didn’t get the goods like the fruits, and etc. He was also a
very cruel man, the quote “They were frequently whipped when least deserving, and
escaped whipping when most deserving,” proves that Colonel Lloyd treated slaves
brutally and beat them for no reason and just tortured them for pleasure.
Mr. Gore was a bit similar to Colonel Lloyd but also had differences. Mr. Gore was one
of the cruelest overseers. If you did something wrong that he didn’t like, he would whip
you for it, but not like Colonel Lloyd. Mr. Gore is one of the guys that slaves would at
least want as their master. He didn’t treat them as bad as Colonel Lloyd did.
Colonel Lloyd was an important man and Mr. Gore really wasn’t as important as he was.
Mr. Gore wasn’t as rich as Colonel Lloyd was. In My opinion, Mr. Gore was a better
Person han Colonel Lloyd was because Mr. Gore at least had a reason to whip slaves, while Colonel Lloyd didn’t.
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In chapter 3, Colonel Lloyd, a master that owned several slaves, had animals such as horses and he felt that it was the slaves responsibilities to take care of them as if they where animal keepers. An example in this case would be, “If a horse did not move fast enough, or hold his head high enough, it was owing to some fault of his keepers.” The punishment each slave received was not sweet as pie. They got whipped, beat, and tortured to the full extent where mistakes would no longer take place. However, Colonel Lloyd attempted to beat the slaves whether there had to be a reason or not. It was very unfortunate. The slaves also had an important duty and it was to never share details about their masters with ANYONE whatsoever! Mr. Hopkins ended up being dismissed and his replacement was Mr. Gore, the cruelest man that existed. He was so heartless that he shot a slave after they tried escaping from the anti-peace land of slavery. This incident gave me the thought of what his job was suppose to be. Abusing and killing was an extremely horrid way of life. I did not understand why the overseers felt the full authority to take ones life.
ReplyDeleteAs Frederick Douglas tells his anecdote, the situation seems to endure tensely. In chapter 4, Douglas spoke and revealed the mistakes that Mr. Gore did, however, most of the reasons why the slave where murdered for were completely unreasonable. Being a slave meant that there had to be a reason or no reason for you to get punished, “To be accused was to be convicted and to be convicted was to be punished” (24).
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Chapter three and four of basicly talked about the abuse they recieved from colonel Lloyd's plantation. He talks about two of his masters Colonel LLoyed and Mr Gore. Colonel Lloyed only cared about his wealth and possesions. I can compare the OverSeer to Nazi's because Nazi's dont care about other people only themselves, and there people. Mr. Gore and Colonel LLoyed both believed in serpremises, that they were supreme, they dind't care about nothing. When the "master" where tlaking about the animals and blamed the people they ordered for not having a good horse, it was kind of hipocritical, he dind't tame the slaves strong enough so the horse wasn't strong enough! People are so hipocritical. I think everyone is. its not right what people do, but whatever, i don't think the world will ever be PERFECT.
ReplyDeleteChapters 3 and 4 talk about the brutal and cruel treatment slaves received form Colonel Lloyd and Mr.Gore.
ReplyDeleteColonel Lloyd was a very wealthy slave master who owned many slaves, these slaves were referred , more as property than actual humans. Colonel Lloyd owned a garden. Where the slaves would work on the rich fruit. Slaves were tempted to steal fruit from the garden , but when they were caught they were brutally tortured and sometimes they wouldnt even desirve the beatings they received. For example,“They were frequently whipped when least deserving, and
escaped whipping when most deserving,” this shows how little he cared about the slaves. Colonel wasnt only letting the slaves know they were not worth anything, but he set an example for his children who “enjoyed the luxury of whipping the servants when they pleased” (22).
Mr.Gore, the overseer or manager of the plantation is as cruel as Colonel. Well i mean he was cruel but he had somewhat of a reason for what he did. his punishments were extremly harsh but at least he had a reason when Colonel much of the time didnt really have a reason. Mr.Gore ws a grave man he never smiled. He always had a cruel face. In Colonel Lloyds eyes Mr.Gore was the perfect overseer and he pretty much was .
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Colonel Lloyd, the master, contained a garden which he tended to. He made sure it was magnificent and sophisticated, because people from all over would come and observe the beauty of it. It truly was “the greatest attraction of the place”(350). Colonel Lloyd also seems anal retentive (if this is colloquial speech, sorry). In his mind, everything had to be perfect. If not, bad things would happen to good people. “When he spoke, a slave must stand, listen, and tremble; and such was literally the case. I have seen Colonel Lloyd make old Barney, a man between fifty and sixty years of age, uncover his bald head, kneel down upon the cold, damp ground, and receive upon his naked and toil-worn shoulders more than thirty lashes at the time”(352). Mr. Austin Gore, the overseer, was also cruel. “He was one of those who could torture the slightest look, word, or gesture, on the part of the slave, into impudence, and would treat it accordingly”(355). Colonel Lloyd has children and sons-in-laws. His three sons were named Edward, Murray, and Daniel. His sons-in-law were named Mr. Winder, Mr. Nicholson, and Mr. Lowndes. Colonel Lloyd is also very wealthy. “He was said to own a thousand slaves, and I think this estimate quite within the truth”(352). Colonel Lloyd happens to be a well-rounded person while Mr. Gore is malicious. “His savage barbarity was equaled only by the consummate”(356). These chapters could not have been written without these two characters.
ReplyDeleteChapters 3 and 4 talk about life in the plantation for slaves with colonel Lloyd and Mr. Gore
ReplyDeleteColonel Lloyd & Mr. Gore are seen as having the most impact in intimidating Frederick Douglas as well as the rest of the slaves in Colonel Lloyds plantation (ran by Mr.Gore). The two men have diffrent stlys in bringing about fear in their slaves, one could argue that Mr. Gore is far worse, but both can be described as monsters. Colonel Lloyed is the owner of the plantation and all his bad doings to the slaves come indirectly, he needs them to run his plantation and when something is not doing good, like his horses, it is alaways because a slave did something wrong.
Mr. Gore is slightly different, see Mr. Gore is hired by Lloyd to make sure his slaves are doing what they are supposed to be doing. Mr. Gore is supposed to be rigid and not let the slaves get out of hands ands so for this we see MR. Gore be a little more strick and cruel that colonel Lloyd. Douglass even describes an instance where Mr. Gore killed a slave because the slave would not obey and Mr. Gore needed to make an example of him to the other slaves
There are so many similarities between Colonel Llyod and Mr. Gore. Starting with the fact that they are both very cruel men although their cruelty are shown differently. Mr. Gore will beat the slaves for strictly pleasure and a distant rule that was "violated" while Colonel Llyod distribute his sorts of punishment when they actually do something that bothers him but he also enjoys the cries of pain that exibits from these punishments.
ReplyDeleteOne of the biggest differences is the Colonel Llyod is the OWNER whil Mr. Gore is just the Overseer. They play very big parts. The Owner is nothing but a special title to be honest they don't really do much unless they have to. While the Overseerer has to actually work the plantation in and out and make sure it runs smoothly.
Chapters 3 and 4, Fedrick Doudlass describes the cruelity of his master and overseer.
ReplyDeleteColonel Lloyd is a very weathy man, owning "ten to fifteen house-servantsand. He was said to own a thousand slaves" in which was a big attraction along with his horses and magnificent garden (16). In the Colonel's eyes everything has to be pefect, if not punish will have to take action. A perfect example is when his horses was not living up to his expectations, "If a horse did not move fast enough, or hold his head high enough, it was owing to some fault of his keepers", one of the keepers who always get serverly punished is an older slaved named old Barney (16). Lloyd took pleassure from wiping slaves even if the slaves had done nothing wrong, that was no excuse from his whip.
Mr. Gore is just as cruel as Colonel Lloyd, but far corrupted. He was hired by Colonel Lloyd as an overseer. As an overeer, Mr. Gore has to make sure that the plantation runs smoothly, he does that and more. Mr. Gore has the joy of making the slaves suffer. "He was one of those who could torture the slightest look, word, or gesture, on the part of
the slave, into impudence, and would treat it accordingly (18)". HE even had the pleasure of muderding slaves. In Talbot county, Maryland it wasnt not a crime to kill a colored person. I think this is the inhumane piece of history I've ever read in my life.