Martha

=**LUCy GREEN **= ==

Dislikes: War, Slavery, People who own slaves!
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===About Me- I was raised up believing slavery was good. My daddy had several of slaves working his fields and Momma had them cooking and cleaning. I'm the youngest out of 3 kids my parents had together. I have 2 sisters who are from the same dad but their mom is the house cook. As soon as i turned 5 my dad started home schooling me. Ever since then I have been continuing my education. I have currently graduated from collage with a degree in medicine. As of right now i travel by myself and work with the soldiers who most need me. I also offer classes to those who want to learn to read and write. Now that I'm older I have become Anti-Slavery. Anything else you want to know? Message me!===

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===Slavery means to be stripped from your rights and your freedom. Unlike others if you’re a slave you are forced to do something by what your so-called owner wants you to do. This meaning has circled my mind for a long time. To me its even bigger then that. The fact that people treat slaves as animals is what gets to me the most. People think that because of the color of their skin, they are less. Well, I feel otherwise! I grew up with the idea that slavery was okay. But if you think about it, it’s not! Have you ever thought that maybe that all folks are just the same? I mean, yeah, we have different skin tones. But on the inside, we ‘re all the same whether you like it or not! I can’t stand seeing our country like this. We need to open our eyes and realize that we are messing up what we have worked so hard to build. I just hope that when we realize this, it’s not too late in time.=== ===In school they now teach about every man being equal. They teach the little ones the constitution, but then they make it known that slave are worthless and are nothing and shouldn’t ever be anything. They teach one thing but do another thing. For example a couple weeks ago I was walking through town and I saw a group of little white kids screaming scared of the 2 black kids that were walking down the street. I asked them what was wrong and all they could say was the black kids are coming! I asked myself is this ok? Why are we teaching our kids these things when we could spend time teaching them things that actually matter. The things that have been passed down generation by generation are outrages. Its hard to believe that our country has made progress if you ask me were going the wrong way. And too many wrong turns can make us crash!=== ===Slavery has been present since people could keep record. Not only has it been around a long time but it has been questioned also. Slavery exists for our own convenience. We use it as a way to bring people down and get work done for us for free. Is had been use to build monuments and to keep economies from going downfall but has anyone realized what that’s doing to our government and our society?===

NOtE2: **Write about one or two African Americans that you have head speak or whose speeches you have read in the newspapers.**
===During these few years, more blacks that were once slaves have been stepping up. They’ve actually taken a stand and have realized that they need to work for their freedom and the rights that they want. They have rebelled and are showing more interest in their well-being. Over weeks I have been hearing things about the=== ===All lot of this has been done through spoken word. They have presented speeches and articles have been written about them and the impact that their actions have had on in this country. Also its not just colored people but also whites. Whites who like me realized that slavery is taking over our country and is ruining everything we have worked so hard to build. Some of the people that have written speeches include the speech made by Fredrick Douglas. His speech Fighting Rebels With One Hand he says, and I quote, “Why does the Government reject the Negro? Is he not a man? Can he not wield a sword, fire a gun, march and countermarch, and obey orders like any other?” While I read an article about it this line was included 5 times, from the point of views of different people. In my point he is very right, the way that this society sees colored folks is inhumane. We don’t give them freedom but they are forced to work and keep our economy going. We keep them form having the same amount of rights we have but why do make them use their “dirty” hands to crop our foods? Another speech that I agree with is one that was given by William Lloyd Garrison. In this speech he says “Oh, that the South may be wise before it is too late, and give heed to the word of the Lord!” Not only does the south but our entire country. We all need to realize that our country is destroying itself by letting slavery continue. Not only are we destroying what we have built but also we are all destroying the future of this country! We all talk about equality and fairness, but do we all follow the steps to get to them? That’s the question that at the end of the day we should all be asking ourselves.===

NOtE3: **Reflect on the Civil War; where is the country headed in 1865?**
===“Its over, at last!” are words that I never though I would be able to say in respect with the topic of slavery! Finally after all these years of abolitionists and slaves fighting for something that was necessary they finally did it! At last all their hard work and time spent has paid of. When I first heard of this I was with Billy that soldier who I'm giving therapy to. A slave soldier came in like a loose cannon screaming “I’m Free, I’m Free at last!” During my years of helping injured soldiers and needy families I would have never thought that I could here those words! Not only that but see someone so happy!=== ===From now on we have to keep this up. Over this time we have made a big improvement to where we were before but we are going to have to make sure that we keep making those improvements. Finally what some people thought they would never see. Our country is now going in the right path. The paths that will make us become the country that our ancestors dreamed of. A country where we will all be able to live in peace. A place where we can all have the same rights, if you ask me our country is on its way there!===

=StAtUS UPDAtES =D =

(1850) The Runaway Slave act had been passed today! I swear all the north wants to do is get the south mad, and i think its working!

(1865) The U.S. Congress approved the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, to abolish slavery. Now it has to be submitted to the states for ratification!
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