Facing+Slavery

The name of our song is My life. Our group made the song the way is because we wanted to make a song that shows the life of a slave from the day he was captured to the accurate dates (mid 1600- early 1700). We put in how hard it was to be whipped almost every day by the overseer. And how you fit in with everyone else who looks totally different from you. This song shows how slaves were always at the bottom of the range and others were at least a section higher and/or better. Also being

My thoughts still on slavery :why did people use black people instead of white people. Also why couldn't the people who got slaves do their work instead of forcing and/or whipping them while they were refusing to do the work that they didn't wan't to do.

Back then, people believed black people weren't all human; only 3/5 human and some people thought blacks were supposed to be used that way. They didn't want to do their work because they would rather have someone else do and because they're lazy. They also thought because god was white and they were white that they were special and deserved to have slaves--Ryan

Group E: Samantha, Ryan, Richard, Brandon

How did slaves use the underground railroad to escape? A:Slaves were taken through a system of identified houses/barns that were marked in some way by either a flag or a quilt. The people who owned the "safehouses" would then harbor the slaves for a certain (safe) amount of time, keeping them in places such as a large closet or hiding them in a cellar area. Trap doors were made in the floor boards of houses and hidden by placing a rug over them. The house owners would feed and cloth the slaves, and would wait for a chance to safely escort the slaves to the next "safehouse". Slaves would make their way North following the Northern star and the directions of the many people who led them to freedom. [|www.wikianswers.com/Slaves] were taken through a system of designated houses/barns that were marked in some way by either a flag or a quilt. The people who owned the "safehouses" would then harbor the slaves for a certain (safe) amount of time, keeping them in places such as a large closet or hiding them in a cellar area. Trap doors were made in the floor boards of houses and hidden by placing a rug over them. The house owners would feed and cloth the slaves, and would wait for a chance to safely escort the slaves to the next "safehouse". Slaves would make their way North following the Northern star and the directions of the many people who led them to freedom.

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---Brandon---Correct except the slaves were kept in a large closet or a cellar area if somebody was looking for them was at the door or inside the house. To add on: Then when they out of the underground railroad they get transported over a river to the next safehouse. Then they do it over again till they get to Canada.---

What were lives like for people in slavery? A: Slaves during the Civil War worked on Plantations under the leadership of a master. Slavery was harsh during this time and was known as a "necessary evil." Slaves were used to pick a lot of goods in order to mass produce goods in the Northern factories, therefore they worked hard and long. Slaves were usually separated from their family. They also had limited amount of clothing and were usually not free to practice their own customs and religions unless they had a mild slave master, which was extremely rare. Also, if a slave was lucky to have a mild slave master, then if they had enough money saved up, it was possible to buy their freedom; but this was also very rare.

---Brandon---That is very interesting and I want to read MORE! :0---

Ryan--The planter is a small number of peole that owned all the land and the rest of the populaton lived on it. Land meant power and the individuals who had had land and power in England also had it in America. The planter class was very religiously conservative. The planter class was very anti- Capitalist.