“The Battle with Mr. Covey”

In the passage “The Battle with Mr. Covey” it is just what the title is there is nothing else to it that the main focus. It tells us about the f=fight between a slave and a Master. It also takes us back to slavery time and shows us the ways that the slaves ware traded and how did could not do nothing to defend them selves. It also give us an example of the methods that they would use to beat the slaves. For instance in one we read that they would work them form sun up till sun down Mondays throw Saturday. Even the longest days ware short and the short night ware to long this is telling us that if Mr. Covey could he would work them day and night.

To make matter worse if you ware dyeing he would not give you a break or let you have that day off he would just kick you and told you to get back to work. As shown is this passage told by a slave. “Around three o'clock of that day, he slave broke down of strength falling he was seized with a violent aching of the head, attended with extreme dizziness; he trembled in every limb the slave master Mr. Covey was at the house, about one hundred yards from the treading- yard where the slaves were fanning. On hearing the fan stop, he left immediately, and came to the spot where the slaves were. He hastily enquired what the matter was. Bill (one of the slaves) answered that another slave was sick, and there was no one to bring wheat to the fan. The sick slave had by this time crawled away under the side of the post and rail- fence by which the yard was enclosed, hoping that he would found relief by getting out of the sun. Then the salve master asked where was the sick slave was. Bill told him by one of the hands. He came to the spot, and after looking at sick slave awhile, asked him what the matter was. He responded as well as he could, for he hardly had strength to speak. He then gave the slave a savage kick in the side, and told him to get up. He tried to do so, but fell back in the attempt. He gave me another kick, and again told the slave to rise. He then again tried, and succeeded in gaining own his feet but, stopping to get the tub with which he was feeding the fan, he again staggered and fell. While down in this situation, Mr. Covey took up the hickory slat with which Hughes had been striking off the half- bushel measure, and with it gave the slave a heavy blow upon the head, making a large wound, and the blood ran freely; and with this, again told me to get up. This is an example that they gave in the passage that show how bad the salve owner ware and they did not care for the sake of one they just wanted to gets his money worth of him because he new that he was not going to come bake the fallowing year.”

Also another way that this shows Realism because they give sow much details in how he was running in to the woods and giving us sow much detail that it gave us a clear image of what was the slave went throw this is what the passage said (after the slave gets beaten and run off into the wood he past, through bogs and briers, barefooted and bareheaded, tearing his feet sometimes at nearly every step he took and after a journey of about seven miles, occupying some five hours to perform it the guy got to his master to tell him what Ms Covey was doing but all he got was a go back and best luck because you are his for the rest of the year.) This show how now one would care if a slave was kill or not.

The social issue is showing us how bad slavery that one should be respected no matter there skin color. They are humans and they have to take a rest sow that they can work. It all so show us that if one person see that one is taking advantage of its power they should put a stop to it because they would not like to be treated that way.