Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Freedom (:

F reedom is what everybody dreams of
R ight to vote is what every single person should be able to do
E quality between different races, backrounds, color, etc.
E agerly to be free from all the pain
D elighted faces to look forward into the future where there is no racism
O ppression from slaves makes it hard to KEEP ON TRYING
M ischiveous to find a way out
FREEDOM(:

My Speech

My Speech   
                                       
Allow me to introduce myself, I am a slave. My life has not been easy because my master makes me work from morning to night. I suffered a lot, many slaves got sent in big ships to work for white people. The conditions in the ship were horrible, it was dirty and everybody was piled up. There was also many people infected by a disease that came from rats. They didn’t feed us enough and we were in there for a long period of time with no bathroom. I a, also very worried because my master can send me to South Carolina or wherever they wanted to. They would separate me away from my family. Masters are also very unfair to me and to the rest of the slaves. They are unfair because they treat white slaves better. My contributions to the founding of this country include to free all slaves and to have the same rights as other people. I contributed by fighting for my own rights. In my opinion the compromise was good. It was good because slaves were also counted. It is my belief that the end of slave trade in 1808 was a very good decision because they tried really hard to free slaves. From my point of view, The Fugitive Slave Clause was both bad and good. It was good because we tried to get our liberty, but it was bad because many slaves got caught. In my opinion,free and enslaved African Americans should be allowed to vote. This is my opinion because we are the ones that have struggled and suffered throughout our lives. So now, you understand that for me freedom is very important, it shows a sign of liberty and independence.