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=About me: :] = I was born on a cold fall day in Harrisburg, Pa. I lived with my Papa. My Mama died in my birth. She left me with two older brothers, Jesse Jr. and Christopher. I celebrate my birthday on October 14. I was born in 1823. I want to be a nurse, I always have. I have a passion for helping people. I love the people, all people. I am against slavery. I hate it. Slavery is the worst thing in the world. I am very religious. I am a Baptist Christian. I love going to church and reading the bible. I love my God. I love reading books and writing. I’m currently working on my first novel called “My life.” I am not married and I don’t plan on marring. I have no children. I am not a fan of music. It gives me a headache. I am a very out going and loveable person. I love my life, my family, and my God.

=Status Updates: =) =  1850 : The compromise of 1850 was just created. It helped America gain more land! 1852: Frederick Douglass delivered Fourth of July speech today. It was one of the most amazing speeches ever. 1853: I became a nurse today! 1854: The Kansa Nebraska act just was passed which allowed for people in that area to decide whether they want slavery or not. 1855: I finished my novel today! It’s a great piece of work. 1857: The country is in Financial Panic. 1859: John Brown and supporters raided the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry today. 1860: Cotton production and prices peaked today. All time high! 1860: South Carolina became the first state to secede from Union. War is coming. 1860: I am scared for my country. I don't want war.

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Note one

I just witnessed the beating of a slave. The slave tried to run away so the master beat him with his whip. Slaves resisted slavery in many ways. One-way is to run away another would be to work slower of not as hard. They would pretend illness and break farm equipment just to not work! They’d set fires and steal food and make false complaints. The slaves don’t want to revolt they just want to have a better life. A lot of slaves are trying to run away but I think they just want to protest for their freedom they really don’t want to revolt. The abolitionists are really helpful with the slaves that escape. They help them get to freedom. The Underground Railroad helps the slaves get to Canada. In Canada there aren’t slaves so the slaves are free if they get there. In Haiti they had a revolt. This was the first time where slaves were set free from their masters. I’m not a huge fan of slavery but some of these ways of resistance seems wrong to me. How could burning and stealing peoples property get you freedom? Does that not just cause more destruction? Does that not cause more pain? How does fighting fire with fire ever work? We live in America the land of opportunities, why do we have slavery? Why do slaves have to run a way and destroy things just to resist? Why should need to resist? I’ sick of slavery! I’m sick of this fighting! I’m tired of all of this! I want this all to just stop. Notes 2
 * Write about three instances of resistance to slavery that you have read/heard about. **
 * What is slavery and why does it exist? **


 * Slavery, slavery, slavery! That’s all I see. I hate it! All these slave owners want is money! Money and power! To society slavery is so important because it makes money for the economy but here is the thing it wrong! ** ** All slavery is forcing a person to work. How could you do that? ** ** That’s taking the rights from a person. People are so mean. Slavery is happening because slave owners are too lazy to work the land themselves. Here in the north we learned we don’t have slavery any more. **
 * We know how to treat others. ** ** Yes, there are a lot of racist people in the north but we no that people have the right to be free. You know a lot slave owner down south don’t have a farm. They just use the people as maids and such. ** ** What is that? ** ** How would you like to have to clean and cook for a master? ** ** No money, you can get beat. That’s so unfair. I hate slavery. I wish it would end. In the constitution it said that all men are created equal. Well are they any less men because of the color of their skin. Am I any less women because I am white or if I were black? See how ridiculous that sounds? Men are men; women are women the color shouldn’t matter. Slavery exist only for money and power, if slaves couldn’t pick cotton then no one would ever want them. Slavery is all about getting everything you can and living as rich as you can. Even if that means you tear apart families and you harm other humans. Slave masters treat their slaves like dirt, with zero respect and zero care. They let them get sick, starve, even die if they don’t pull their weight. You know how hard it is to see that as a nurse. To see slaves dying of illnesses I could have helped them with it makes me sick. I hate slavery! I hate it! I hate it! **


 * Note 3 **


 * What were the ideals for which the Revolutionary War was fought? **


 * The war, the war, the war! ** ** Those British people they think they can just come out of nowhere and just take over! ** ** They don’t live here how dare they try to control us. ** ** What they British are trying to do to us is like slavery! ** ** They’re forcing us to pay for the French and Indian war! ** ** Why would they do that? ** ** They decide the center of the protest against them is ** Massachusetts ** . They said ** Massachusetts ** is in rebellion. ** ** We are all in rebellion. ** ** They but troops in Boston to stop the people but that’s causing the war! ** ** We are not prepared for this. ** ** We have no army or government. ** ** Britain is larger and stronger and more prepared. ** ** We will lose this war. How could we not? Does Britain realize what they are doing buy taxing us. They are hurting themselves and us. Britain doesn’t have much money have the war, they are going farther into debt. Don’t they see? All we want is to be able to have a say in our government and then we will be ok. A fair say. No more taxation without representation! It’s unfair! I want to be able to decide how my government is run not some one far away over an ocean! An ocean! That far away and they think they can control use! This war their waging is like stealing candy from a baby. We have no protection, no defense. What is there to fight? Are we asking for to much to just have our own land? A land where we can be free to do as we wish, is that too much? I wish the British would just leave us alone. We don’t need them. We are fine without them. They do nothing but cause us more pain and trouble. **