Summary Of The Plight Of Female Slavery By Francis Ann Kemble

The Plight of Female Slavery is a document written by Francis Anne Kemble who shares her experience on the cruelties of slavery in the south. She discusses the brutality of slavery the women and children there and she also gives her own views on the subject. According to Mrs. Kemble these women were being extremely mistreated and it was caused by the harsh working conditions and lack of health concerns from their masters. These women were forced to return to the fields 3 weeks prior to giving birth. Normally a woman would need almost six of rest in order for her body to gain back it strength their bodies need to heal after childbirth ,but these women were put back to work unable to get the rest their bodies needed. With all the hard labor and child birth most of these women had miscarriages and even lost almost half of their children. Mrs. Kemble’s viewed slavery as inhumane, when slaves would come to her and talk to her about their grievances if she would have a hard time concealing her remorse for these women. She believed that these women should have been treated the better. She wanted to do anything to help these women, she would even bring the subject to Mr.
From the 1600 threw the 1800 Irish slaves were also involved in slavery in. Irish slaves were more commonly known as ‘indigenous servants’ rather than slaves but they were still treated just as horrible as the African slaves. Irish slaves were extremely popular in Britain because they are cheaper than black slaves. African slaves in the 1600s were very expensive, they cost about 500 sterling’s while the Irish were only 5 sterling’s. Those who were treated the worst were the Irish women and children .Settlers would have Irish women breed with African men to produce mixed breed of slaves who they would sell for high profit. The children of these slaves were also born into slavery, separated and sold away from their