Based on the passage, which part of slave life most likely made its way into songs and stories of the slave communities?

The cost of a human life
The evil nature of men towards each other
The search for children who had been sold
The quick passage of time in the life of a child

Question

Based on the passage, which part of slave life most likely made its way into songs and stories of the slave communities?

 The cost of a human life
 The evil nature of men towards each other
 The search for children who had been sold
 The quick passage of time in the life of a child

anonymous · Answer

On one of these sale days, I saw a mother lead seven children to the auction-block. She knew that some of them would be taken from her; but they took all. The children were sold to a slave-trader, and their mother was brought by a man in her own town. Before night her children were all far away. She begged the trader to tell her where he intended to take them; this he refused to do. How could he, when he knew he would sell them, one by one, wherever he could command the highest price? I met that mother in the street, and her wild, haggard face lives to-day in my mind. She wrung her hands in anguish, and exclaimed, "Gone! All gone! Why don't God kill me?" I had no words wherewith to comfort her. Instances of this kind are of daily, yea, of hourly occurrence.