Wesley Harris has a goal that is to escape and make it to freedom. He has friends that attempt to escape with him His friends fail while Wesley makes it out alive. He gets hurt physically when trying to defend himself. When defending himself, he gets shot in the arm that he was …show more content…
If it was not for the family that was sold along with Dorcas, Jeffrey's goal would have been accomplished. Sadly, Jeffrey did not get to be with his beloved one. This hurts him more emotionally than anything. Jeffrey is nothing like Wesley Harris. Jeffrey remains a slave and is sent to a rice plantation of the Great Swamp. Jeffrey does not attempt to escape slavery as Wesley did. Although Jeffrey is a slave, he is not worried about escaping. Jeffrey is more worried about Dorcas, in another term, means he is selfless. Jeffrey did try his best to get his master to buy Dorcas, but he gave up too easily. He could have pushed harder to achieve his goal. He does things impulsively, more like he does things without putting thought into it first. He is also obedient, which means he is obeying or willing to obey with orders or requests that his master gives