Facing+Slavery

=Group E: Samantha, Brandon, Richard In our slavery song we chose to make it about the slaves, not a song that the slaves would sing. We found this would probably be easier so that we don't mess up on all those different "coded" words. What I was thinking while we were making the song was about Harriot Tubman and how she would help the slaves escape and how she would keep coming back to rescue slaves. We decided to make it about what I was thinking and how they were being chased by slave owners and overseers. We also put something in about the hitching post with a light and how there was a safe house by it. We ended the song where the slaves were free in Canada with other slaves and telling them not to go back to the overseer.

Each time I learn about slavery, I always just hated it more. This is very unfair abuse they can use against there slaves. They have to work really hard for an idiot who can tell the slave what to do. It's like a pet, but they treat it 100x worse. If I was a slave I would try my hardest to try commit suiside. I wouldn't stand a chance in slavery. I'd propably get my face whipped into mashed potatoes. I really don't know how any slaves would be able to survive that pain. I'm just glad slavery doesn't exist for us anymore.

Q: What happened to slaves during the civil war? A: During the war slaves fought on both sides in the war. Many of them fought on the Union side for the sake of their freedom. Others fought on the Confederate side, because their masters forced them to. Other slaves stayed at home to work on plantations and to take care of business as usual. Only people with 40+ could count themselves as members of the planter class and only 2% of the Southern population owned slaves. Research site: [|http://www.wikianswers.com] Other slaves stayed at home on the plantations and took care of business as usual. By definition, only people with 40+ slaves could count themselves as members of the planter class and only 2% of the Southern population owned slaves). []

Some of them fought in the Civil War in return for their freedom, but never got it, and some of them stayed slaves on plantations, until president Lincoln signed the imancipation proclamation. []

I think that what you have typed so far is really desriptive and it makes me want to read more about slavery.

---Brandon---I like what you wrote but I have one question. What is the Planter Class?--- Samantha what do you mean the slavery part wonderful that is really good and very descriptive about they treat them like a pet just 100x worse======