In the Novel Beloved, by Toni Morrison unmasks the horrors of slavery, and
             depicts its aftermath on African Americans. The story is perfect for all who did
             not experience nor could imagine how it was to be an African American in America
             circa the 1860's. Beloved lends a gateway to understanding the trials and
             tribulations of the modern African American. The Novel has many things that
             occur that are very striking, most of which have to deal with the treatment of
             the African Americans. The book as a whole is very disturbing, and even shows to
             what lengths African Americans were willing to go to avoid enslavement of
             In the novel the most extreme case of someone avoiding enslavement comes from
             the main character when she attempts to kill her children. The main character ,
             Sethe, is not willing to let her children end up re-enslaved and would rather
             see them dead and in Heaven then in an earthly hell of being slaves. I believe
             that from Sethe was justified in her actions. Slavery is a very harsh and
             horrible way to live, and living in chains and without freedom is not living as
             a human should. Slavery degraded African Americans from humans, to that of
             animals. They were not treated with any respect, or proper care. Even modern day
             criminals, those that have murdered large numbers of people are treated more
             humanly then the average slave ever was. The life that the children would of
             lived would of been one of complete servitude, they would of never of known what
             it was like to live on their own and make their own decisions. This all goes
             back to the fact that they would never be human or treated as humans, so based
             on this I believe that Sethe was justified in killing her children and
             preventing them from becoming enslaved.
             The fact that the slaves where treated like animals, and where traded and sold
             like cattle is well depicted in the book. This did not actually shock m
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