In the beginning of the story Mary was working for Mrs. Williams who was said to be “a kind-hearted good women and she treated all her slaves well”. Mrs. Williams had a daughter named Betsey for which Mary was purchased for. Mary stated that Betsey made a pet out of her and call her (Mary) little nigger, which Mary said “was the happiest period of her life”. Reading that made me notice that Mary was not at the right age to understand the situation she was in (slavery). Later on in the story Mrs. Williams died which not only made Mary grief but all of her Mrs. Williams slaves grief, as all of the slaves cried. I found this part of the story interesting because of all the slave or slavery related book I have read I never heard or readied about slaves crying for their dead mistress or master.