Im not sure if the picture showed up but this shows a black man chained up in the left half of the picture and in the right half is white men carrying and throwing around all of the black men. To me this shows the ultimate sign of helplessness. There is absolutely nothing the slaves could do about it. The white man could not possibly have been any harsher on the slaves.

In There Was a Child Went Forth the part that really grabbed me was that he let everything that he experienced become a part of him. He learned from all of his life experiences. Just the littlest things became a part of his life and affected him for life. I wish that I had let things do that too me since I was little. Now I only have pictures and occasionally a scent that I remember from when I was younger. Ive never let things become a part of me, and as a result I don't recall much as a child. I guess I don't know if that would have changed anything, but I still wish I had.