This is a single paragraph from Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. It's an account of a man's escape from slavery and his struggle to enlighten and free others. But here it's missing punctuation.
Watch this one. It starts slow, but the end is pretty darn complex.
everything looked clean new and beautiful i saw few or no dilapidated houses with poverty-stricken inmates no half-naked children and bare-footed women such as i had been accustomed to see in hillsborough easton st michaels and baltimore the people looked more able stronger healthier and happier than those of maryland i was for once made glad by a view of extreme wealth without being saddened by seeing extreme poverty but the most astonishing as well as the most interesting thing to me was the condition of the colored people a great many of whom like myself had escaped thither as a refuge from the hunters of men i found many who had not been seven years out of their chains living in finer houses and evidently enjoying more of the comforts of life than those of the average slaveholders in maryland i will venture to assert that my friend mr nathan johnson of whom i can say with a grateful heart i was hungry and he gave me meat i was thirsty and he gave me drink i was a stranger and he took me in lived in a neater house dined at a better table read more and better understood the moral religious and political character of the nation than nine-tenths of the slaveholders in talbot county maryland
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BC can you read my comment on Douglass and give me some feed back or do you want to cover it in class.
Everything looked clean, new and beautiful. I saw few or no dilapidated houses, with poverty-stricken inmates, no half-naked children and bare-footed women such as i had been accustomed to see in Hillsborough, Easton St., Michaels, and Baltimore. The people looked more able, stronger, healthier and happier than those of Maryland. I was for once made glad by a view of extreme wealth without being saddened by seeing extreme poverty, but the most astonishing as well as the most interesting thing to me was, the condition of the colored people a great many of whom like myself had escaped thither as a refuge from the hunters of men. I found many who had not been seven years out of their chains living in finer houses and evidently enjoying more of the comforts of life than those of the average slaveholders. In Maryland i will venture to assert that my friend Mr. Nathan Johnson of whom i can say with a grateful heart, I was hungry and he gave me meat, i was thirsty and he gave me drink, i was a stranger and he took me in, lived in a neater house, dined at a better table, read more and better understood the moral, religious and political character of the nation than nine-tenths of the slaveholders in Talbot County, Maryland.
Everything looked clean new and beautiful, I saw few or no dilapidated houses with poverty-stricken inmates. No half-naked childeren, and bare-footed, such as I had been accustomed to see in Hillsbrough Easton St. Michaels and Baltimore. The people looked more able, stronger, healthier and happier, than those of maryland. I was for once made glad by a view of extreme wealth without being saddened by seeing extreme poverty, but the most astonishing, as well as the most interesting thing to me was the condition of the colored people. A greatmany of whom, like myself had eascaped thither as a refuge from the hunters of men. I found many who had not been seven years out of their chains, living in finer houses and evidentally enjoying more fo the comforts of life than those of the average slaveholders in Maryland. I will venture to assert that my friend, Mr. Nathan Johnson, of whom I can say with a greatful heart: I was hungry he gave me meat, I was thirsty and he gave me drink, I was a stranger and he took me in, lived in a neater house, dined at a better table. Read more and better understood the moral, religious and political character of the nation, than nine-tenths of the slaveholders in Talbot County, Maryland.
Everything looked clean, new and beautiful. I saw few or no dilapidated houses with poverty-stricken inmates, no half-naked children and bare-footed women, such as i had been accustomed to see in Hillsborough Easton, St. Michaels, and Baltimore; the people looked capable, stronger, healthier and happier, than those of Maryland.
I was for once, made glad, by a view of extreme wealth without being saddened by seeing extreme poverty; but the most astonishing as well as the most interesting thing to me, was the condition of the colored people; a great many of whom, like myself, had escaped thither as a refuge from the hunters of men. I found many, who had not been seven years out of their chains, living in finer houses and evidently enjoying more of the comforts of life than those of the average slaveholders in Maryland, I will venture, to assert that my friend Mr Nathan Johnson, of whom i can say with a grateful heart: I was hungry, and he gave me meat; I was thirsty, and he gave me drink; I was a stranger, and he took me in; lived in a neater house, dined at a better table, read more, and better understood the moral, religious and political character of the nation than nine-tenths of the slaveholders in Talbot County Maryland
Everything looked clean, new and beautiful. I saw few or no dilapidated houses with poverty-stricken inmates. No half-naked children, and bare-footed women such as I had been accustomed to see in Hillsborough, Easton St. Michaels, and Baltimore. The people looked more able stronger, healthier, and happier than those of Maryland. I was for once made glad by a view of extreme wealth, without being saddened by seeing extreme poverty, but the most astonishing, as well as the most interesting thing to me was the condition of the colored people. A great many of whom like myself, had escaped thither as a refuge from the hunters of men. I found many who had not been seven years out of their chains, living in finer houses, and evidently enjoying more of the comforts of life than those of the average slaveholders in Maryland. I will venture to assert that my friend, Mr. Nathan Johnson, of whom I can say with a grateful heart, I was hungry and he gave me meat, I was thirsty and he gave me drink. I was a stranger and he took me in, lived in a neater house dined, at a better table, read more, and better understood the moral, religious, and political character of the nation, than nine-tenths of the slaveholders in Talbot County, Maryland.
May 26, 2007 8:44 AM
This is my attempt at punctuation
Everything looked clean, new and beautiful. I saw few or no dilapidated houses with poverty-stricken inmates. No half-naked children and bare-footed women, such as I had been accustomed to see in Hillsborough, Easton, St Michaels, and Baltimore. The people looked more able, stronger, healthier, and happier than those of Maryland. I was for once made glad by a view of extreme wealth, without being saddened by seeing extreme poverty; but the most astonishing as well as the most interesting thing to me was the condition of the colored people. A great many of whom, like myself, had escaped thither as a refuge from the hunters of men. I found many who had not been seven years out of their chains, living in finer houses and evidently enjoying more of the comforts of life than those of the average slaveholders in Maryland. I will venture to assert that my friend, Mr. Nathan Johnson, of whom I can say with a grateful heart – “I was hungry and he gave me meat; I was thirsty and he gave me drink; I was a stranger and he took me in.” – lived in a neater house, dined at a better table, read more and better understood the moral, religious, and political character of the nation, than nine-tenths of the slaveholders in Talbot county Maryland.
Everything looked clean, new, and beautiful. I saw few or no dilapidated houses with poverty-stricken inmates, no half-naked children, and bare-footed women, such as I had been accustomed to see in Hillsborough, Easton, St. Michaels, and Baltimore. The people looked more able stronger, healthier, and happier than those of Maryland. I was for once made glad by a view of extreme wealth, without being saddened by seeing extreme poverty, but the most astonishing, as well as the most interesting thing to me was the condition of the colored people. A great many of whom like myself, had escaped thither as a refuge from the hunters of men. I found many who had not been seven years out of their chains, living in finer houses, and evidently enjoying more of the comforts of life than those of the average slaveholders in Maryland. I will venture to assert that my friend, Mr. Nathan Johnson, of whom I can say with a grateful heart, I was hungry, and he gave me meat. I was thirsty, and he gave me drink. I was a stranger, and he took me in, lived in a neater house dined, at a better table, read more, and better understood the moral, religious, and political character of the nation, than nine-tenths of the slaveholders in Talbot County, Maryland.
Everything looked clean, new and beautiful. I saw few or no dilapidated houses, with poverty-stricken inmates. No half-naked children, and bare-footed women, such as I had been accustomed to see in Hillsbrough, Easton, St. Michaels, and Baltimore. The people looked more able, stronger, healthier, and happier, than those of Maryland. I was for once made glad by a view of extreme wealth, without being saddened by seeing extreme poverty, but the most astonishing as well as the most interesting thing to me was the condition of the colored people; a great many of whom, like myself, had escaped thither as a refuge from the hunters of men. I found many who had not been seven years out of their chains, living in finer houses and evidentially enjoying more of the comforts of life than those of the average slaveholders in Maryland. I will venture to assert that my friend, Mr. Nathan Johnson, of whom I can say with a great full heart--“I was hungry he gave me meat; I was thirsty and he gave me drink; I was a stranger and he took me in--” lived in a neater house, dined at a better table, read more and better understood the moral, religious, and political character of the nation, than nine-tenths of the slaveholders in Talbot County, Maryland.
Everything looked clean, new, and beautiful. I saw few or no dilapidated houses with poverty-stricken inmates; no half-naked children and bare-footed women such as I had been accustomed to see in Hillsborough, Easton St., Michaels, and Baltimore. The people looked more able, stronger, healthier, and happier than those of Maryland. I was for once made glad by a view of extreme wealth, without being saddened by seeing extreme poverty; but, the most (compares superlative) astonishing as well as the most (to superlative) interesting thing to me was the condition of the colored people -- a great many of whom, like myself had escaped thither as a refuge from the hunters of men.
I found many, who had not been seven years out of their chains, living in finer houses and evidently enjoying more of the comforts of life than those of the average slaveholders in Maryland.
my revision**I will venture to assert that my friend Mr. Nathan Johnson--of whom I can say with a grateful heart, “I was hungry and he gave me meat. I was thirsty and he gave me drink. I was a stranger and he took me in. Lived in a neater house and dined at a better table. Read more and better understood the moral religious and political character of the nation than nine-tenths of the slaveholders in Talbot county Maryland.”
professor’s revision**I will venture to assert that my friend Mr. Nathan Johnson—of whom I can say with a grateful heart, “I was hungry, and he gave me meat; I was thirsty, and he gave me drink; I was a stranger, and he took me in” – lived in a neater house; dined at a better table; read more and better understood the moral, religious, and political character of the nation than nine-tenths of the slaveholders in Talbot County, Maryland.
Everything looked clean, new and beautiful. I saw few or no dilapidated houses, with poverty-stricken inmates. No half-naked children, and bare-footed women, such as I had been accustomed to see in Hillsbrough, Easton, St. Michaels, and Baltimore. The people looked more able, stronger, healthier, and happier, than those of Maryland. I was for once made glad by a view of extreme wealth, without being saddened by seeing extreme poverty, but the most astonishing as well as the most interesting thing to me was the condition of the colored people; a great many of whom, like myself, had escaped thither as a refuge from the hunters of men. I found many who had not been seven years out of their chains, living in finer houses and evidentially enjoying more of the comforts of life than those of the average slaveholders in Maryland. I will venture to assert that my friend, Mr. Nathan Johnson, of whom I can say with a great full heart--“I was hungry he gave me meat; I was thirsty and he gave me drink; I was a stranger and he took me in--” lived in a neater house, dined at a better table, read more and better understood the moral, religious, and political character of the nation, than nine-tenths of the slaveholders in Talbot County, Maryland.
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