8. He has to use self-reliance because his slave owner is only there to make sure that he works, and the other slaves did not want to go against the slavery because they didn’t want to be beaten. Because the other slaves did not go against the slave owner, and wanted to avoid being beaten, he had to fight him off on his own. There is also resistance to tyranny. When he went to the official, the official immediately agreed with the slave owner. The official was called when he was fighting the slave owner and had to resist against the official and the slave owner. Individual rights are shown because he wants to have his own rights and not be forced to constantly work when he is injured. He does not want to be beaten and has to fight back against the owner for those individual rights.

9. They may not have been in as physically demanding jobs. They may have been working more in barns, building things, or picking cotton, instead of carrying around logs. 

Reflect: The recording was during or before slaves were freed in the South. He was a slave and was still in slavery or recently released. It is an interview of a slave in the South. The recording is more historical because it gives details in what the slaves were required to do and what the slave owners did. 

Question:

How long was the person being recorded a slave? Did he get freed after the recording? Was this recorded on a Southern farm? Was this while slaves were still kept in the South, or right after they were freed? How was this recorded?