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View Videos of Me (0) March 6, 1857 Dred Scott vs. Sanford today the Supreme
Court ruled that Black slaves couldn’t sue for freedom. I
I am a 48-year-old man living in tell you things get a bit unfair for these kinds of people.
an old shack in South Carolina. I
live everyday life working for November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected
myself along side with my slaves. president today.
Waldo Butrick
I am a 48-year-old man living in About Me: I grew up in what you may now
an old shack in South Carolina. I know as the south along with my stepbrother.
live everyday life working for My father had owned a farm, which is now a
myself along side with my slaves. plantation. After a long period of time, my
father handed the farm over to me and my
brother went west to seek his fortume.
When I started this plantation I purchased
Networks: South Carolina some slaves at the nearest town. It might seem
Relationship Status: Widowed odd for some folks here, but I let them sleep in
my house (They aren’t many) and I help them
Siblings: Paul Mitchell with the farm work. I teat them like human
beings. Although at times the law can seem
Birthday: February 14, 1812 unfair for them, I try my best to give these
people a good and steady life.
Political Views: Whatever is more
convenient for me. I haven’t seen my brother in YEARS. One day
I hope to see him again and hopefully he is
Religious View: Christian
still in one piece.
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NOTE #1
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NOTE #2
Was this war
worth it?
View Photos of me (0) Some may call it “ideals” or “reasons to fight” in the
revolutionary war. But the reality to fight in the war
View Videos of Me (0) was in the name itself, “Revolution”. These colonists
wouldn’t take any more from the British. They were
I am a 48-year-old man living in taxed; taken advantage of and most importantly had
an old shack in South Carolina. I broken souls. Whether they had the money, power and
live everyday life working for strength or not, they were going to have a revolution
myself along side with my slaves. and turn things around. Many activists also agreed in
what the colonists and people living in the colonies
were proposing when they felt like succeeding from
Great Britain.
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Of course then there are the people who say war can be
Relationship Status: Widowed avoided. The healthy human mind will act the same
with every person in the world. Our instinct to survive
Siblings: Paul Mitchell and claim our territory wasn’t going to fail our
ancestors now. The economy after the war started was
Birthday: February 14, 1812 pretty bad. The majority was middle class, which was
Political Views: Whatever is more farmers, artisans, ship builders etc. The rest were
convenient for me. people who came to this country with the intention of
working for no pay for a certain amount of years
Religious View: Christian (sounds like slavery). Anyway, the colonial American
economy was so bad, the battle forces had to use a
monetary system called the continental, which was
worth less than an actual shilling and had no value
whatsoever, it was easily counterfeited, and was then
put out of circulation. By the time the colonies won the
war, it became a project, like this school. There were no
people interested and that the war was just a fluke. But
it all changed after the United States gained more land
and had their own history to make.
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Me
Paul and me
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My wonderful slaves.
Paul’s buddies.
My slaves having a little party.
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Paul’s superiors.
Paul’s colleagues.
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Image links:
http://www.old-picture.com/civil-war/pictures/Contrabands.jpg
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Website Bibliography:
• ?, P. (n.d.). The Civil War. The Civil War. Retrieved March 26, 2010, from
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/
• The American Civil War Homepage. (n.d.). University of Tennessee: SunSITE. Retrieved March 26,
2010, from http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html
• The Civil War | PBS. (n.d.). PBS. Retrieved March 26, 2010, from http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/
• The South During the Civil War. (n.d.). American Memory from the Library of Congress - Home Page.
Retrieved March 26, 2010, from
http://memory.loc.gov/learn//features/timeline/civilwar/southwar/south.html