Journey Toward Freedom first journal entry

Pg 1-50
Five things Understand
1. She was born a slave in Ulster County New York. Was born around 1797, not sure because slaves didn’t know the days that they were born in or how old they were.
2. Was named Isabelle, shortened to Belle by other slaves. Her master was Colon el Hardenbergh. Colon Hardernbergh died and his son Charles became the new master.
3. Charles was dying, that was bad because slaves thought that an old master was better than a new one. Belle’s parents were freed and she was sold to John Neely. Neely was a bad master and would always hit Belle.
4. Belle was sold to Martin Schryver, he was a fisherman. She liked being with that master because her days her full of nature. Belle was really tall. She was like six feet tall, towering over most men.
5. She was sold to John J. Dumont. Belle had to marry Tom. She had her first Baby.
Four questions I Have
1. Did the masters now how old their slaves were?
2. Is Belle going to have more children?
3 Did Belle like the person that she married?
4. Will she ever forget Bob?
Three Vocabularies
1. Lithe pg 8: Means flexible
2. Queer pg 11: Funny or perplexing
3. Jovial pg 17: cheerful
Two literally elements
1. Pg2 “Small brooks and twisting creeks trickled and tumbled trough those hill.” This is personification. It gives human qualities to things.
2. Pg9 “He had shot through the house like a patridge flushed by a hound.” This is a simile. It is comparing something using the woes like or as.
One sentence summary
1. Belle goes through three masters and learns to do as her mother had told her. To listen to the mater and not steal.