Leo Ortel and Matt Jackson

Slavery Analysis Leo Ortel and Matt Jackson

Picture

Observe:  There is a African American family with 12 people  There is a small house in the background with wooden shutters on the windows  There is three houses in total with really big chimneys  The tall black man is looking at his family  The cabin is made out of bricks  There is three people wearing hats  A little girl has something in her hands  A baby is being held by an older women who is probably the mom  The people arranged in an orderly fashion and are probably lining up for a family picture  One little boy is wearing a tie  One little girl is carrying a hat or a basket  There is one big tree in the background and other trees around  The ground is probably dirt and grass and there is leaves on the ground  There is a sign on the cabin  It is a black and white photo  It looks warm outside  They are wearing plain clothes  There are 2 cabins in the background

Reflect:  To show an African American family and their small plantation  The Detroit Publishing Co. produced the picture  The audience is kids to learn about what slave life was back then  The houses are small because there was slavery going on at the time  A camera took this photo back when there was no color cameras  We can learn that slave life was hard back then and that they had really small cabins to sleep in  If this was created today the picture would be in color and they would not be slaves.  The picture was probably taken in the late 1800’s or early 1900’s  The picture was taken in Savannah Georgia

Question:  Who are these people?  Are they slaves or are they freed slaves?  Were they having a family picture taken?  Was this photo important back then?  Why was the photo taken?  Was the picture taken in the 1800’s or 1900’s?  Why was the family getting their picture taken?  Was the picture taken at night or at day?  Is the picture burnt at the top? Document

Observe:  It is 29 paragraphs  It is really long  There are quotes in some of the paragraphs  The text is arranged into paragraphs  It says sale of slaves at the top  It says it was written in Savannah, Georgia  Written by Price M. Butler  It is a sequel to Mrs. Kemble’s journey  There are no pictures and there is nothing very unusual  It talks about where the negros came from  Talks about how the slaves were treated  Talks about the auctions and sales for slaves

Reflect:  The purpose of the text is to show how slaves lived back then  Price M. Butler wrote it  The audience is anyone who wants to learn about how slaves lived back in the 1800’s  Written in 1859  Slavery was still going on when this was made  A pencil and paper were used to make this  You can learn how slaves lived from this and how they were treated  You can learn about how they were sold  Where they came from  This gives a very accurate description of how they were sold and what the auctions were like at the time

Question:  Was the document important at the time?  Was Price M. Butler a supporter of slaves or was he African American?  Did the writer go to this slave auction?  Was the writer a slave himself?  Were slave auction common in Georgia?  Why was this written?  Were the slaves caught or were they being resold?  If so how did they get caught?  Did the slave family ever get freed?