Tytianna+Hughes

=Name:=

Ana Mae Jones
=A page from the journal of= = = ==Entry Number 1:Hiya buddy.......my name is Ana Mae Jones and I'm slave for Mr.Peddy. I've been a slave since long before I could say my name. My master told me that the good lord intended for me to be a slave and that's why I am now. I think that im about 14 years old, maybe older, but I sure look like one. My work isn't that hard, all I really do is plant and pick cotton and maybe clean up around the masters house. I've heard news of a woman who comes and takes slaves away to freedom. They say that she has a secret railroad and she is real neat and organized with her planning. I just hope that she is careful, cause we need way more people like her around here. I also heard about a man by the name of nat turner, he is supposed to be a prophet or something like that. He is also supposed to be planning some big rebellion.....maybe I can be in it. All I know is that my mother and my father are in it and I hope it isn't dangerous. There are about 50 people that are supposed to be in it and they are going to fight and take over. That's all everyone talks about now adays, so maybe...just maybe, I will have a chance to see freedom.==  ==Entry Number 2: Journal entry1: This is some information that I've put together and heard about Moses, and by the way moses name is Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman was born in dorchester county in 1820. She was a runaway slave from maryland who is now known as moses of her people. Most slave owners and whitemen had talk about her but they think that she is a man who was taking people to freedom but they can never really catch her in her activities. She had a secret code for getting the slaves to come and she also picks only the strongest slaves to come with her to freedom.She has and underground railroad that probably consist of about 3 to 4 houses. Being free is a woderful thing but they still have a long journey to go.==

Essential Questions
==1. How does one's understanding of slavery affect his understanding of the people and events of the 1850s and 1860s? I think that if you understand how serious and brutal slavery was then you will understand why the slaves did what they did during the 1850'sand 60's. Yes, it was terrible that all of these events had to happen but they were all apart of the effect that caused us all to see that treating 1 human being less than another was very irresponsible, descriminative and dictatorial.==

==2. Why would slavery ever be condoned in the United States? It would never be condoned for the simple fact that no person is lower or lesser than another. Every person is equal and it should always be that way.==

==4. What are some of the long-term effects of slavery that are linked to the people and events of the past? Many wars and rebellions and revolts are linked to slavery. Also today many people have tons of decendants that are slaves and were slaves. Many families lost members and went through things that changed their lives forever. And also It has taken the african american people decades as a whole to come back from that event.==