Being a woman

We are women, but are we also slaves. Is it our destiny to always serve others? In this blog, I will analyze what it truly means to be a woman and a slave. For this study, I am going to read and analyze books on woman slavery , precisely African slaves. It will help us take a deeper look into our real values, women values.

Sunday, May 16, 2010

The President's DAUGHTER

Are you the type of person who cannot resist a good historical Novel ? Well, the president's daughter is everything you could wish for . Now that i am done reading " Beloved", I started to read The PD( for President's daughter ).There is no world that can describe what I felt , After I finished reading the first chapter. Excitement, Contentment, curiosity , are one of the several feelings I felt. In overall readers, I can't wait to continue reading the PD.

First of all, let me enlighten you on this extremely powerful book.

Have you ever wished you could witness the lives of one of the united states' president ? Those people fascinate us afar , but we wish we could really observe the way they are in their daily life. we want to know their secrets , their stories , their friends, their faults, their qualities , everything that may help us determine if those people are worth of our appreciation and estimation, everything that can prove them human and not that special . Well, if that was your long lost dreamed, The PD can realize this dream. The PD is the story of Thomas Jefferson's daughter , Harriet Hemings. As it is noted in History , Thomas Jefferson, former America'president , possesed slaves. That was the customs in the 17th century . Moreover , like many other white people , especially men, Thomas Jefferson had a concubine, a mistress, a negro , a woman slave , Sally Hemings. As I mentionned in the early posts, Women slaves where considered as an accessory for their master . The masters used those women mostly for their physiological needs. Actually, it was a big mistake to be a slave , a woman , and beautiful. Therefore , Jefferson considered Sally as his property. From them , 7 sons and daughters were borned. In their progeny , there was a girl , one of the most beautiful girl in the country . Her name was Harriet Hemings. Harriet was a different kind of slaves , if you were not familiar with her story, you would have never thought she was a slave . She had a beautiful skin complexion. She was not Black . She was identical to Jefferson. She had a white skin, green eyes and red Hair .She was Physically a white woman. However, that was her biggest problem, she was a White nigger , a mulatto, one of the most hated race by the white people. Because of her father , Harriet and her siblings were not treated like other slaves. However, they were still slaves because Thomas Jefferson owned them . Sally Hemings , Harriet mother, has been Thomas Jefferson' slave wife. She is a weak person or she became one. She fell in love with her master. Harriet , is a headstrong woman. She is unable to understand the reason her mother does not wish her to go away. Harriet believes in freedom ,and as a child she discovered she was a slave ,because her own father refused to accept her as his daughter. The day of her twenty-first birthday , she decided to leave forever Monticello , and begin a new life as a white woman. On her route to freedom, she will encounter many difficulties.
This is only the beginning of an exciting and interesting story. This story contains everything that can captivate a reader's attention.

Some quotes:
1- " You're worth a pile of money, sweetheart!You don't know it, but you're a fancy. Fancy that! My sister is a fancy !"(9)

2- " If you spoke like a nigger, I wouldn't have mistaken myself, ain't that so ?"(10)

3- " And from now on, talk like a nigger ."(10)

4- " Goddamn it, snow White, When i catch you, I'm going to ram your A.., you W.."(11)

5- " Come down from there you little white nigger !I'll show you how to obey an order!"(12)

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