My Family's Slave Alex Tizon Summary

How could slavery still be a possibility in today’s world? Many people are unaware people in certain parts of the country are sold or tricked into slavery by false claims of a better life. Once such example is a lady by the name of Eudocia Tomas Pulido, also known as “Lola.” Lola’s story is brought to light by Alex Tizon, a known journalist, who personally knew her and wanted others to know her story. He wrote an article called “My Family’s Slave, that was featured in the Atlantic. This is a subject I feel very strongly about and think more awareness needs to spread about modern day slavery. People are not property! “Slavery has a long history on the islands.” (Tizon) Before the Spanish showed up in the 1500s, higher status slaves owned lower
I would like to be able to tell you at this point in her life, Lola gets treated with more respect and is accepted not as a slave, but as part of the family. Unfortunately, even feeling guilty for the way Lola was treated by her father, Alex’s mother continued to be cold and abusive to her. Alex’s family was considered a model immigrant family. They didn’t cause any problems and their neighbors didn’t suspect that they secretly had a slave. They assumed or were told that Lola was a distant family member. After Alex’s mom met his father, they married and Lola moved in with them. She helped raise the children as they were born and older lovingly and supportively, you would never think she was constantly scolded and abused. When Alex was very young, he like his other siblings didn’t know Lola was a slave. They merely never asked and assumed she was family. Alex was never comfortable with how Lola was treated, but never said anything and lied in fear of his parents getting in trouble with the authorities. After a while, Alex’s dad abandoned them and Lola was there to comfort his mother during this rough time and enjoyed the tender moments she had with her, but they were