Saturday, December 1, 2007

YOU ARE FREE...


... and living in the north. Would you have helped a slave escape to freedom? The answer seems easy, but there were serious consequences for people who were caught helping slaves.

Comment by telling me if you would have helped and why or why not.

13 comments:

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Joseph Miller said...

Room 24. I like to believe that I would do the right thing and help a slave in need, but I think you are right to point out that it was more complicated at that time. I listened to a wonderful radio show today about slaves and "slave narratives" (diaries written by slaves about their lives as slaves) on Fresh Air. The show was wonderful. They interviewed the granddaughter and great granddaughter of one of the slaves. They were never told their relative had been a slave. Why do you think that was kept a secret?

Anonymous said...

I could help a slave to get free .But I don't want to get cott at all.Th other thing I will do I would be snicky.

Carina

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Anonymous said...

I would help slaves because all the people do Is beat the kids and parents. And if the kids didint do it then they would get beaten and hit with alot of metal things.The kids would have to do alot of chores and everything.If i helped the slaves i would not turn them even if i went to jail.

marissa and sariah

Anonymous said...

Yes i would help a slave escaped because thats like being mean. But i would be snicky so they won't get me.


Edith

Anonymous said...

Yes if i was a slave i would try to ecscape from bing a slave

krystin

abigailm said...

Yes, I would help a slave be free.
because it would not be fair

Anonymous said...

Yes I would hgelp a slave because they always get murttered. And because if you were a slave you would want to escape from slavery.





Jason and Erik

Anonymous said...

We would help the slaves get away
because they would get hurt allot . The people sometimes do allot of chores. Also they have to walk allot of miles. They were also treated bad .Whenever somebody gave there children away they would feel melancholy. by Jesus and Isaiah

Anonymous said...

I would help a runaway slave.I would not want to get caught by any police.



by:ZT.d

Anonymous said...

Yes,I would have helped runaway slaves because the slaves want to be free too.Even though you would go to jail.I would still help a slave because I know that if I was a slave I would want to be free too.Also,all I would want was to be free.I'm also sure that all the slaves want is to be free.
Alexis

Anonymous said...

Yes, i would help a runaway slave because all they want to do is be free but if there was a reward for50.00.00 dollars i would still help the slave because if i was slave i know they help me runaway. So i wont be a slave anymore because they will know the felling that i would fell becausei would be a slave.



by:stephanie