ENG140Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Louis Armstrong, Indentured Servant, Fugitive Slave Laws
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Names root you in the world, given to you by your parents to give you individuality and agency. Slaves were not given names, paul d, last names from slave owners. Sethe"s name is important and signified she will be kept mother names her after her black father. Baby suggs goes through life without a name. Music plays an important role in beloved. Slavery has taken away their names and identity. Some songs were thought to give instructions and tips to escape. Argued the songs told stories of woe. Prayer to god for deliverance from chains. Nobody knows the trouble i"ve seen, louis armstrong. Sometimes i feel like a motherless child, jimmy scott. Nobody is on their way to help you, not even your own mother. Pain of slave motherhood and slave childhood. Baby suggs barely remembers any of her children because she could not afford to love. Intro paragraph: kidnaps us, makes us uncomfortable on purpose.
