chapter 1-4 (which i am posting now because its the first time in 2 days that i have had an internet connection)

in chapter 1-4 there were many descriptions of the harsh treatment of slaves. Between mothers watching their sons get sold and people getting nearly beaten to death. She also describes how hard the everyday life for the slaves, it was especially hard to try and keep families together and if they were separated it was even harder to bring them back together. most of the time they would never see each other again. 

the powerful thing about her writing is that it is all written from a slaves prospective so you are getting first had experiences that happened.