Gender Roles, Religion, And Overall Treatment Of Men...

â€Å" Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women. Superadded to the burden common to all, they have wrongs, and sufferings, and mortifications peculiarly their own.† ( Harriet Brent â€Å"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl† page 119). Gender played a key role in slavery and after reading â€Å"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl† it is obvious that women in slavery received far worse treatment then that of men. Not to take away the incredible injustices that were dealt upon men during slavery America, but more to emphasize the even greater hardships that African-American women faced during this time period. This paper will consist of a comparison between gender roles, religion (faith), and overall treatment of men versus women during slavery. Specific incidents collected from â€Å"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,† â€Å"Black Boy† (author Richard Wright), and various web sites will be the basis for this document. 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