Ebony Master, Ivory Slave: a Gay Romance

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To combat the high rate of death among the enslaved, plantation owners demanded females start having children at 13. By 20, the enslaved women would be expected to have four or five children. As an inducement, plantation owners promised freedom for enslaved female once she bore 15 children, according to Slavery in the United Statesby John Simkin. iv. SLAVE is responsible for honest and open communication with MASTER at all times. MASTER will instill acceptable protocol for SLAVE discussing any issues or concerns and they should be followed at all times. It is entirely unacceptable for SLAVE to hide thoughts/feelings from MASTER, as this creates a time bomb that will surely go off. This also applies to the imperative use of the SAFEWORDS. Whenever master punishes slave, he says he likes it– “Sir, punish me more please. Slave boy likes it, Sir.” Paul Halifax, the plantation owner, is unaware of the homosexual men until he attempts to have them produce children. After several whippings that failto “cure” the couple, he recruits Amos, the plantation preacher, to scare them with the wrath of God, to no avail.

Sit ups: Slaves will be made to do sit ups while master grabs their ears. Master would pull slave up and push him down while twisting slave’s ears. Slave cries in pain and begs for mercy. When enslaved males turned 15 years old–and younger in some cases–they had their first inspection. Boys who were under-developed, had their testicles castrated and sent to the market or used on the farm. Each enslaved male was expected to get 12 females pregnant a year. The men were used for breeding for five years. One enslaved man name Burt produced more than 200 offspring, according to the Slave Narratives. The fertility of enslaved women was examined by owners to make sure they were able to birth as many children as possible. Secretly, slaveowners would impregnate enslaved women and when the child was born and grew to an age where he could work on the fields, they would take the “very same children (of their) own blood and makeslaves out of them,” as pointed out in the National Humanities Center Resource Toolbox on Slaveholders’ Sexual Abuse of Slaves. Doing house chores: A slave knows when he is expected to do some house chores, like cleaning the floor, putting things on place, etc. He should never sit idle, and when master is not using him, he uses that time to complete some house chores. A. Keeping in line with MASTER and SLAVE personal preference for traditional home life, household chores are beneath MASTER. He may choose to help on occasion, but SLAVE should try to make this unnecessary by keeping up with the following household chores.

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Sometimes I wonder if I’m too sensitive to “faggot.” It upsets me for a day or two, making me despondent and depressed and scared. But I’m not naïve enough to take the risks entailed in finding out. I’d love to stop and ask what it means to them for me to be a faggot. Do they object on religious grounds? Are they curious? Do they want a blow job? Are they excited to see someone lower down on the American totem pole of difference? Sometimes I’m tempted to respond with an insult of my own. To the question “Are you gay?” I almost once responded, “Your mother didn’t think so last night.” But then I read about someone who did that and got stabbed to death. The problem is that I can’t read how much danger I’m in. When people call me a faggot, it may be an accusation or a provocation, or it may be that they don’t know any other word for it. If I could accurately determine the place from which they spoke, I could calibrate my response far beyond fear and hiding. One Halloween, I wore a halo all day, and when I began to talk to some girls on the street (or they began to talk to me—wearing a costume halo is actually quite a conversation starter), some teenage boys within the vicinity hearing me talk began to discuss the fact that I was a faggot.

I don’t know what my place is. I carefully structured a life where I could be the sissy that I am and be accepted. I didn’t go into business or law—I went into literature and writing. I moved to New York City. And yet, here I am, getting called a faggot more than I ever did in High School. I’ve learned a rule of thumb. The less cute I think I look, the less likely I am to be called a “faggot.” So I try not to leave the house looking cute. But do the people around me feel safe? I tend to think not. c. SLAVE will ask for permission before entering or exiting the room/bed/etc for any reason. If denied, SLAVE will obey. ii. SLAVE is responsible for maintaining the household. This includes, but is not necessarily limited to cooking, cleaning, scheduling of appointments and activities. But even without talking, I often stand out to the people around me as a “faggot.” In the worst incident, two teenagers followed my husband and me home, and threw a beer bottle at us—shattering our front light just above our heads. But far more often, the name calling feels anthropological—almost like bird watching—the sighting of the famed “white homosexual” within his native habitat, or more to the point, in their native habitat. There have been people who asked, with an almost incredulous voice “Are you gay?” in a tone that suggested the desire for interaction and conversation. I never slow down though. I just keep walking. a. SLAVE will wait for direction from MASTER, SLAVE will stand near closest wall, hands to her side and looking downward.In a statement, the United Nations has called for “urgent action to end [Libya’s] trade in enslaved people.” Rebellion is one of the themes that stitches together the fabric of "The Prophets." Maggie, a fellow slave, wet nurse and cook, indirectly takes part in the gay couple’s rebellion. “There were many ways to hide and save one’s self from doom and keeping tender secrets was one of them,” Maggie says. “People rarely deviated from their nature, and although it pained her to admit, she found a tiny bit of comfort in the familiarity.” Not only does Maggie enjoy queer men intimately bonding with each other, she also enjoys watching them at night. Absolutely – my mother’s my biggest supporter, and my brother and sister think it’s hilarious. The only people who aren’t completely aware of the specifics are my grandparents, but they’re not stupid, they’re well aware that I get up to something a little left of field. i. SLAVE is responsible for ensuring that MASTERS needs and wants are taken care of in a timely and obedient fashion. The cliché of the married investment banker is pretty bang on. I see young men, people with disabilities, transgender people and so on, but for the most part it’s middle aged men who, for whatever reason, haven’t been able to explore their interests privately or appreciate the efficiency of seeing a professional.

Residing on Halifax Plantation–known as Empty because of its rural Mississippi location, and an allusion for the hollow existence of slave life– enslaved stable workers Isaiah and Samuel indulge in a romance that’s not as hidden as they believe. Right away, Jones borrows from celebrated scholar Robin D.G. Kelley, who writes about race and resistance, by re-creating small acts of slave rebellion. "The Prophets" beginswith Isaiah, who is more aggressive than his lover, trying to make love to Samuel. “So, you risk whupping, then?” Samuel asks. “You forget? We ain’t even gotta do this much to risk whupping,” Isaiah responds. A slave never uses first person pronouns like, “I”, “me”, etc. He refers to himself as either a “slave” or a “dog” as his master wishes. Sometimes master might give a name to a slave like “pussy-boi”, “faggot”, etc. In all such cases, slave uses the name master has given him. As an example: “Sir, slave boy would like to get trampled by Master’s feet. Slave begs for Master’s feet.” Slave should always expect a slap from the master. It is both a punishment and reward for a slave. Other punishments and rewards may include the following:

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I, __________, here in after referred to as MASTER, willingly and of my own free will agrees to become Master and assume total and complete control. Slaves never think for their own. Their only purpose is to please their master at all costs. They have no like and dislikes of their own. They like whatever master tells them to do. The only purpose of a slave’s existence is to serve his master. SLAVE is to grab ahold of MASTER’S hand to signal the need to talk privately. Once alone, SLAVE is to kneel before MASTER to discuss the problem. CNN traveled to Libya to verify the authenticity of the footage. There, they secretly filmed an auction outside the Libyan capital of Tripoli. Being a worthy dog to your master: Master loves for himself some faithful and obedient dogs. Slaves will be put on a leash and dragged around like a dog. One way to show your obedience to you master is to tell him, “I am your dog slave, Sir” and start barking like a dog.