Totiunna+Sutton

=Name: John Smith, an Union, South Carolina plantation owner during the Antebellum Period, was born into a wealthy family of plantation owners and when his parents died, the plantation, including the slaves were left to him at the age of 17. Nowadays due to the increasing number of revolts in the states, John is now forced to begin selling off the slaves in order to keep the plantation and enough money to survive. A page from the journal of John Smith= = =

Entry Number 1:
=Dear Journal,= =Nat Turner was a negro slave that ranaway from his plantation owner and went on a killing spree killing 60 whites including women and children beause he says that it was a "sign from God". He was caught November 4th and was executed on the eleventh. I believe he should heve been hanged because he had no right to kill the whites although he thought it was the right thing to do. The saying is " Do onto others as you would have them do onto you" so he really should not have went on a killing spree, not only killing inocent men, but inocent children and women as well. I really despise him although it is against my religon.=

Entry Number 2:
=Dear journal,= =John C. Calhoun was the seventh vice president of the United States. He was really known for describing slavery as a "positive good". Well I sort of agree with his atatement because without the help of my 60 slaves, I would most likely be seen to the wealthy plantation owners as a "poor white" and I sure do not want that. I am trying to follow in the footsteps of my family ancestors so I won't be a huge disappointment to them. JOhn C. Calhoun was also Secretary of State and the Secretary of the War.= =Entry Number 3:= =Dear Journal,= =The fugitive slave lawof 1850 stated that any runaway slaves had to be returned to their right full owner and it also brought the federal officials into the picture also because it said that whoever did not return the slaves risked being imprisioned and/or face a big fine. I respect this law because I've spent too much money on these slaves to risk them running away and never coming back. Who's going to tend to my fields once they're all gone? Not me I know that much.= = =

Essential Questions
==1. How does one's understanding of slavery affect his understanding of the people and events of the 1850s and 1860s? It affects it because if the person was for slavery then they would think the Civil War was a waste of time and probably would not understand that all the events from the past has given us what we have today. But on the other hand, if the person was against slavery, then they would think that it was neccesary.==

2. Why would slavery ever be condoned in the United States?
==Slavery needs to be condoned because if not everyone will still be hanging on to the past. I think that it should be condoned also because alll sorts of races and ethnictics are working together in jobs today and it would be crazy to think that anyone, although it still gos on, would fight over race and lose their job with this bad economy.==

==3. Was the Civil War the only means to end slavery in the United States?The Civil War was not only to end slavery but it also built a stronger federal goverment and started reconstrution in the Southern states.==

4. What are some of the long-term effects of slavery that are linked to the people and events of the past?
==Whites and Blacks still face the effects of slavery eventhough its been over about 200 years ago. Whites still face discrimination from blacks because blacks believe that whites think they're better than every one else. Blacks still face discrimination from whites also because in resturants some cashiers will take the order of a wahite person before they would take the order of a black person even if the black person came in first.==