Over time, many differences have been documented between men and women, how men and women feel different, different understandings and how many women are undoubtedly different. So now I'm focusing on the difference between African American men and women during their period of slavery, according primarily to Henry Bibb. Through my investigations, I have had to grapple with some of the feelings and treatment that each sex of slave had to personally face or participate in. My main statement would be. How did particular burdens affect female and male slaves? Enslaving Men Men, during the era of slavery, faced many obstacles and were treated with lower standards than your typical house dog. To truly understand this, let this marinate in your mind and understand if “I was whipped; because where I should have received moral, mental and religious instruction, I received countless blows, the aim of which was to degrade me and keep me in subordination. I can truly say that I have drunk deeply from the bitter cup of suffering and unhappiness. I was dragged down to the lowest depths of human degradation and misery by the slave owners” (Bibb, pp. 13-14). It is difficult to understand how these enslaved men could understand what a man is or how to be a man. Merely being whipped was not enough to be completely declassified "...the slave owners...wish to do a little sport...they go among the slaves and give them whiskey, to see them dance, "pat juber", singing and playing on the banjo. Then get them to wrestle, fight, jump, run, and collide like sheep. This is encouraged by giving them whiskey; place bets on them; pose... in the middle of a paper... gaps in marriage that sometimes cannot be repaired by the heart and love. Sex in Slavery Sex for most women, slavery is just an act, depending on who the act is over with. If the sexual act is given voluntarily, then of course feelings will be involved, love will be shared. However, if the sexual act is accepted by force, the activity becomes numbing and damaging. Now, for the men, ignorance of the rape of their slaves is somewhat fortunate for them. If the enslaved men act like it didn't happen and the women also act like it didn't happen. The relationships they can share together within their own home are established through love and commitment to one another, but are only established through ignorance of what is really going on. Works Cited Bibb, Henry and Charles J. Heglar. The Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb: An American Slave. Madison: University of Wisconsin, 2001. Print.