Marina


 * Marie Brown **

-Also //The North Star// “Mistakes make you stronger” -Me
 * Date of Birth:** February 16, 1819
 * Hometown:** Hillsborough, NC
 * Gender:** Female
 * Relationship Status:** Widowed
 * Profession:** Seamstress
 * Political Views:** Democrat
 * Religious:** Christian “The Lord is my Savior”
 * Hobbies:** reading, writing, and making dresses.
 * Likes:** to cook, clean, sewing and taking care of my son, Eric Brown.
 * Dislikes:** slave masters.
 * Favorite Books**: //The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave//
 * Favorite Quote:** “Without a struggle, there can be no progress.” – Frederick Douglass

=**Status Update**=

Fort Sumter was attacked. Let the War begin! Southern States leaves the Union. Bye-Bye South! Abe for President! He is our 16th President. Fredrick Douglas’ connection to John Brown’s raid got him in trouble with the law. He was forced to escape to Canada. John Brown starts uprising of slaves. He murdered five proslavery settlers along Kansas’ Pottawatomie creek. The United States negotiated with Mexico to purchase the land. U.S. brought border territory from Mexico for $10 million. Franklin Pierce in office. He is now our 14th President. I don’t believe it. The court said Dred Scott was not a citizen so he could not sue. It permitted the voters in each territory to choose whether they would enter the Union as a free or slave state. How are you joining the union, free or slaved? The Pierce’s, family were involved in a train wreck near Andover, Massachusetts. Franklin and Jane survive but eleven-year-old Ben was killed. I send them my all blessings. Rest in peace Ben. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe was published. This is an important and powerful book about slavery. You should check it out let’s support our people doing well. I was there to watch powerful speech given by Sojourner Truth at Women’s rights convention. The name of the speech was called “ Ain’t I a woman?” Welcome California! Finally Texas and New Mexico settled their dispute. Utah now has a government. I upset that the fugitive slave act was amended.
 * 1861: Fort Sumter**
 * 1861: Southern States**
 * 1860:**
 * 1859:**
 * 1859: Harpers Ferry**
 * 1858: Gadsden Purchase treaty**
 * 1858:**
 * 1857: Dred Scott Decision**
 * 1854: Kansas- Nebraska Act**
 * 1853:**
 * 1852:**
 * 1851: Ain’t I a woman?**
 * 1850: Compromise of 1850**

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=**My Notes**=

I attended the Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. As the meeting started, men in the audience started saying smart comments about the women for wanting to be treated equal to men. I heard a man say, “Women are weak. Then a group of men shouted “Weak in body and weak in mind. Women have to be taken care of by men.” As the men went on shouting rude sexist comments, I didn’t pay much mind. But then black woman in front of me stood up and turned around to face the crowd. She looked like she was filled with rage. Then she pointed to the man who had just spoken. “That man over there,” she said in a very loud powerful tone, “That man says that women need to be helped into carriages and lifted over ditches and have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages or over mud puddles or gives me any best place! And Ain’t I women?” She pushed up her one sleeve.” Look at my arm! I have plowed and planted and gathered into barns, and no man could beat me! And Ain’t I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man- when I could get it- and bear the lash as well! And ain’t I woman?As she continued the crowd just sat in silence. When she ended one man yelled “You reached our hearts”. We all stood to our feet giving a standing ovation. That brave woman name was Sojourner Truth. Every time I read or hear that speech, I fall in love with it even more. “ I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! “I picked this quote because it speaks to me and it makes me think how grateful I am. I thank my father for buying my freedom at age 15. He gave his life away to slavery just for me to be free. Even though I do not know my mother’s whereabouts, she is still in my heart. I remember little of my mother. She was a smart beautiful woman. I miss my parents so much, but I had a journey to travel. Being free at age 15 took a lot of responsibility, but God was right beside me. It was by the grace of god, that I got my first job. I helped Miss Josephine in her house. She taught me how to sew, cook, and read. She always took me in as her child, gave me a place to live. I thank her for that. She inspired me to be a Seamstress. A little faith and God could make your life completely different. If it wasn’t for God, and the close people in my life, I don’t know where I would be today! “Ain’t I a woman” inspired me to be the best I could be. Also to stand up and be proud that I am a woman and have the same rights as a ma
 * A Day That a Woman never forgets. **

I believe the Revolutionary War began because the American people wanted to be strongly independent. They wanted to do things by themselves as they saw fit. The American people didn't want Great Britain, across the ocean, telling them how to live. They were tired of being forced to pay taxes without representation in Parliament. The French and Indian War left Great Britain in great debt. To raise the money to pay the debt they decided to pass taxes onto the American colonies. This made colonists mad in which resulted in the Revolutionary War. The Sugar Act imposed taxes on items imported to the colonies. The Stamp act required all papers, legal documents, newspapers, licenses, and etc. to be taxed. Britain told the colonists where they could and could not sell their goods. The Quartering Act required the colonists to provide housing and food for British soldiers. The idea of that made Americans angry. They wanted to put a stop to British interference and demands. The colonists complained that taxing without representation was a violation of their civil liberties. The King answered with declaratory that stated that Parliament had the right to tax the colonies without consent. And this is when The Boston Tea party initiated the Revolution. The British soldiers and American patriots fought at Lexington and Concord Massachusetts in 1775. In 1783 the Treaty of Paris ended the war. Great Britain was forced to give the independence of the thirteen colonies to the United States. That’s how we won our independence from Great Britain! Many interesting events happen in this war. I read that George Washington was a secret spy. He ran dozens of undercover work in British-held New York and Philadelphia. He constantly tricked the British by leaking, through double agents, false reports on the strength of his army. He was a clever man. The most interesting thing I learned was that there were women in combat. The best known is Mary Ludwig Hays, nicknamed "Molly Pitcher." She replaced her wounded husband during the Battle of Monmouth in 1778. I love to learn about my country. You can learn how history repeats itself. You can see how the thirteen colonies wanted and fought for their independence and won. The colonists felt that Britain was interfering with their development, especially financially. Then compare it to the Civil war in which the South felt that the North was interfering with their development, financially with the abolishment of slavery. Slavery was the how the South made money. They didn’t like the North telling them what to do. When I think of the Revolutionary War I wonder what would happen if we didn’t win. How would life be? Would we be slaves under Great Britain? That means all people living in America be enslaved under Great Britain’s control. Well I hope America stays independent!
 * History Repeats Itself **

What is slavery? That question has so many different answers. In the North My old Master would say “an easy way to make money”. A 17-year-old man working in cotton or rice fields could cost $200 and an infant $20 dollars depending on health. He didn’t care about no one but himself and his money. All he did was sit in his chair and look out his window at all his slaves working in the hot sun. He would laugh at the pain suffered by the slaves. If anyone was sick they got sold the next day. He also used the female slaves, including me, for his pleasures. One day he took me up to his room and laid me in his bed and whispered, “I can take all you troubles away”. I quickly resisted, and he pulled me back grabbed my wrist and said, “If you don’t sleep with me I’ll sell your father.” He knew how much I loved my Father, so I obeyed his orders. I was only 14 at the time. Months later I couldn’t hold the truth in any longer, I told my dad. He arranged for my freedom. I was on my own at age 15. I still felt like a slave the way people treated me. They didn’t care if I was free. They still looked at me as a slave who didn’t know anything. Miss Josephine came along and changed that. She showed me that I could be a smart black girl. Throughout my years I realized it is hard to stop slavery alone. Abolitionists can’t do it by themselves. The abolitionists wanted to help all slaves to be free. Their activities consist of speeches, newspapers, protest, all contributed to the end of slavery. The Underground Railroad can help slaves get away from the slave states, but not end slavery. Acts like the Fugitive Slave Law prevents slaves to runaway to free state without master’s consent. Brandon Latusek passed the Fugitive Slave Act. How are we suppose to get our people out the slave states, If they keeping passing laws and acts like this. That question still remains unanswered. Looking back at my past I knew exactly the meaning of slavery. Slavery is being the property of someone and having no say and no rights. I hate knowing that slavery is still here among us. I am so thankful that I am free. But it’s not fair to the children born into slavery that can’t do anything about it.
 * The Words of a Former Slave **

=__**Photo Gallery**__=

This a picture of my Aunt Sarah being sold by a slave auction.

Grandma Teresa is holding my Mom. My mom was a pretty baby. This is the only picture I have of my Mom.

This is a Fugitive Slave Act Poster that was put on the building next to my house.

This is Master Thomas. He was a mean and heartless man.



Miss Josephine in her older years.

I was working on my new dress.

Fredrick Douglas was a phenomenal man.

The slaves working on the Thomas Plantation

This is John Brown and others uprising with the raid.



This is my family before we got separated. The woman on the left is my aunt Vivien she was holding me. The man sitting in the chair is My uncle Jimmy. The man standing is my father. His name is John. The woman sitting is my aunt Anna. The two boys next two her are her children, there names our Timothy and Michael. Lastly the woman on the right is my cousin Beth. Behind us was our small cabin.

My copy of the book //"Uncle Tom's Cabin"// by Harriet Beecher Stowe

This is the trail of the Underground Railroad.

This is the dress I made for Madam Victoria for her Ball.

This is Dred Scott's suit.

This is Article 9 on the Gadsden Purchase treaty.

This is Dred Scott. He went to court to fight for his freedom but lost.

The attack of Fort Sumter.

The Abolitionist Movement

//The North Star// by: Fredrick Douglas

This is my husband, Henry who was mistaken for a runaway slave and was killed.

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