Together, we will succeed.

At the next section of the reading, we discovered that Eliza ran off with his only son, Harry. Surprisingly, Mr. and Mrs Sheley were glad that they escaped. This completely go against my previous statement. I had said in my last post that, "slaves are treated like slaves no matter how nice the master might be." we find this to be untrue because of how Mr. and Mrs. Sheley reacted toward the decision of Eliza. This certainly confirmed one thing, it confirmed that Mr. agreed to sell Sheley with great deal of pain. It hurts him that he have to sell his "friend" in order to not sell all his properties and to be able to keep his farm. In a way, his decision is made for the benifits of the farm. If we think about it, what would happen to all the slaves if the farm is sold? what will the slaves do? how would the masters find money to support them?

We also see that when the Buyer comes to Mr. Sheley's farm and demand for the slaves, he is out raged by what had happened. To avoid suspicion that they had helped the slaves escape, Mr. Sheley ordered his slaves to prepare a horse for the buyer so he can go back Eliza and his son back. While doing so, we can see that the other slaves tries to do all they can do prolong the action. For example, the slave altered the horse so that when ever pressure is put on the horse, the horse will experience excessive pain. This caused delays until lunch time. Sheley family had also contributed to the delay when they offered lunch to the slave hunters. Through this, we can see that the slaves are very close to each other. they are willing to risk their life for the safty of others. This is a way how they cope with their every day lives, they count on each other.