As a father, brimming with love, welcomes home
his darling only son in a warm embrace –
what pain he’s borne for him and him alone…
.
his words flew from the heart. “you’re home…
sweet light of my eyes! ”

who is the speaker of this passage?

What is the most important point that the authors make in this paragraph? most enslaved people worked under fair to good conditions. enslaved workers had decent lives if they had fair overseers. plantations often were harsh because of the cruelty of those in charge. men with absolute power can lose the sense of what it means to be good.