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We Wear The Mask

Everyone lies to one another, keeping a sweet simple face to hide the truth. The poem, “We Wear the Mask” describes hardships blacks went through in America and how the blacks hide their sadness, grief, and sorrow behind a mask to survive and live from the whites. Confederate states in the south tried to keep slavery in order to keep the whites a superior and smarter race. Slaves lived a harsh life of work, and chores all day as somewhat expressed in “We Wear the Mask.” Many slaves believed in god or were religious in some aspect of life. The slaves would sing songs of praise to pass the time and keep their minds off the hurt that the whites put on them. Slaves did what they were told and shouldn’t be treated like work horses but as equals in life.
Blacks had to endure many hardships during the time of slavery. The slaves had to do what the white owners told them to do or they were punished with force. If a black slave was told to clean the house but didn’t clean it......


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