Contradiction in the form of "trickery" ENG 101 JRC

During the times of slavery trickery contradictions played a big role within the society. In most cases there were times where slaves were tricked into believing one thing and then that thing would turn out to be completely different in the end. For an example in "The Memoirs Of When I Was A Slave" edited by Norman Yetman,there was a former slave by the name of Anthony Dawson that was interviewed at the age of 105 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In his interview he quotes "He was a low-down sesesh dat would take what a poor runaway nigger had to give for his change to get away, and then give him structions dat would lead him right into de hands of de parollers"(Yetman pg 26).In this quote Mr.Dawson explains the process of a slave being approached by a poor white man and told that if they traded everything they had then they would be given instructions to get escape slavery in return.Unfortunately the poor white men would take everything that a slave had given them and lead them back into captivity or death. This is definitely a contradiction in the form of a trick because the poor white folks would go against their own word when claiming that they would help the slaves escape. Instead they would do the exact opposite .