The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1939. It responded to needs for relief, reform, and recovery from the Great Depression.
Douglass is sent back to Master Covey's home to endure further punishment. He left early in the morning of a Saturday to Covey' fields without having any breakfast or supper the night before.