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=Name:Jaymoe Williams is what I go by, and Im from Atlanta,Georgia.I was born as a slave = =in june 15,1840 until at the age of twenty two I escaped from my slave plantation.Upon hearing that the Civil War was about to start enorolling black men i enlisted my self in the 54 Massachutes Regiment.My height is six one,and I weigh two hundred and five pounds. =

=A page from the journal of Jaymoe Williams= = =

Entry Number 1:
Jaymoe Williams Today the Massachutes fifty fourth regiment and I will start our march to Fort Wagner in Charleston.The going is tough and I am getting weary, but I keep on going knowing that I will officially be free if I fight for the Union.Colonel Robert Gould Shaw encouraged us to go on through the pain, and sorrow, and that was just the encouragment we needed.A day later we were still marching after making camp.Soon we were in the sight of Fort Wagner, and I felt nervous as I suddenly realized that I could die in battle,so I clutched my rifle tightly to reasure myself.Right after that Colonel Robert Shaw said we would charge in an hour.



Entry Number 2:
Fort Wagner CHARGE! The battle had begun I ran with the regiment as they started shooting on Fort Wagner.Still running my friend Robert was shot right beside me,and I stopped beside him and his last words were "Go fight for freedom".So I fought on I shot one man on the southern side at point blank range in his chest,and he died.I fought and fought until I could barely raise my gun,then I felt a sharp pain in my shoulder, and I realized that I had been shot then I blacked out.When I came to I was told that Colonel Robert Gould Shaw was killed in combat,and 116 men were killed 56 were wounded or captured.Through it all along with the help of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw it was proved tht blacks could be good soldiers.

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Nat Turner Nat Turner was a slave that belevied that he should kill whites.Nat was a slave preacher and he thought that god sent him a vision to lead a slave revolt.Nat Turner lead the biggest slave revolt in american history.On the day nat turner led his revolt he met with others and they went on a killing spree killing whites,and their children.In the end Nat and others had killed at least 55 whites.Nat turner belevied what he did was right but it really wasnt.

Essential Questions
==1. How does one's understanding of slavery affect his understanding of the people and events of the 1850s and 1860s?It effects ones understanding because then you can understand what they did back then.==