This Caro Of Human Flesh Analysis

The paternalistic myth was the South's conception of the white prosperous male as a provider, protector, and fair leader to those of supposed lesser competence in the South. Slaves were the main subject purportedly needing guidance from the benevolent father figures. William Wells Brown, in “This Cargo Of Human Flesh,” offers insightful detail into what it felt like to be under the rule of the paternalistic leaders if you happened to be an individual with little or no power in society. Brown, speaking about one of the masters he was sent to work for, says he “was very abusive, not only to the servants, but to his wife also.” The image of the caring, chivalrous leader is dispelled countless times in Brown's narrative. In particular Brown's account