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These two short letters reveal a lot about the experience of slaves in the United States. In the first letter, a mother writes in desperation to her husband to try to prevent her family from being split apart in an upcoming auction. In the second, a runaway slave writes to his former master. Does his tone strike you as sincere or sarcastic?
