I like Mark’s statement about the irony present when Chestnut compares the “negroes and Yankees” to the “frogs and locusts that plagued Egypt”. I don’t really understand why Chestnut would make this comparison when the bible and particularly the story of Moses saving the slaves from Egypt was so popular in this time. That story is obviously anti-slavery, and with Chestnut being pro-slavery I find it strange that she would draw attention to something that is against her cause. On top of that I don’t understand why she would make herself the “bad guy” in her own comparison. If the negroes and Yankees are the frogs and locust, then it seems as though she would be an Egyptian that is being bothered by these pests, an Egyptian that in the bible story is looked upon as an evil tyrant that must be defeated by Moses to free his people from the bondages of slavery. It’s just a strange statement for her to make, and I like that Mark brought it up because I wouldn’t have noticed it if he hadn't mentioned it.
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