Harriet Beecher Stowe

                                    HARRIET BENCHER STOWE IN THE CIVIL WAR 




          Harriet Bencher Stowe was the woman who wrote famous anti-slavery classic book " Uncle Tom's Cabin. In the book, Tom is an African American guy and he was a slave. Tom died by his cruel master. The book also purported to expose the harsh realities of slavery. Then, at the end of 19 century, Abraham Lincoln met with Harriet Bencher Stowe and said how she wrote the book have caused the war. The story seemed authenticated view that slavery somehow caused the war.




   
                                             

   

Harriet Bencher Stowe

                           

Transcendentalism

                                                                  Transcendentalism








           Transcendentalism is a religious and philosophical movement that developed in the America  
            in 1800s.


                        


            Ralph Waldo Emerson

               “Always do what you are afraid to do"- Ralph Waldo Emerson
              It means that  You have to be brave and experience new things, things that you might not be able to do it.






                    "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
                    It means its always better to be yourself. You and your uniqueness is what the world looking for.
               
                                                  Transcendentalism


                           

        Henry David Thoreau


          "Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth."-   Henry David Thoreau
          It means all we want is the state of being true.


   
         "We do not enjoy poetry unless we know it to be poetry."- Henry David Thoreau
          It means you don't know the meaning of it and that's why you're clueless.



                                             

Ralph Waldo Emerson

     




                                               

Henry David Thoreau

                                               




                                  


                             

Trail of Tears

                                                                      Trail of  Tears 

          In the 1827, the Cherokee organized a national government modeled upon that of the United States. The cherokee are a native American tribe that lived in around the territories in Mid-west. They had to adopted white culture and also, they had taken up white farming methods. President Jackson gives Native Americans land in part of the Louisiana Purchase in exchange for the land taken from them in the East. This was known as Indian Removal Act, Congress passed it in the year of 1830. Then, in 1838, the United States army forced more than 15,000 Cherokees  to march westward for about a thousand miles to Oklahoma. They died of cold and disease and it was such a terrified events known as the Trail of Tears.

Black Hawk  is the next spring warrior that led a group of 1,000 indians headed back to their fertile valley in a spadeful effort to reclaim their land. Most of the Indians were chased down  and killed when Black Hawk's band intreated into Wisconsin Territory called the Black Hawk War.  In 1835, is when the Second Seminole War began. In Florida white settlers wanted Seminoles to leave their land, however most refused and that was the reason why the war began. A few hundred Seminoles still managed to stay in Florida and most of them hidden in the thickly forecast awamps of the Everglades. 

     

                                  

Trial of Tears

                                    

Black Hawk Wars

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• Does the film support James R. Bradley's contention, from the letter we read in class, that slaves desired freedom but kept it to themselves to avoid harsher treatment?

                James. R. Bradley's contention from the letter we've read in class, supported that slaves desire freedom, but they keep it to themselves to avoid harsher treatment from their owner/master. When he is first put in the room with black men, they were talking how they want to be free. Remember when Solomon was trying to fight for his right saying that he was a free man? He got beat up by those white men. All slaves desire freedom and if their masters know that their talking about being free, they will receive harsh treatment. An example is getting whip, beat up, hung on the tree etc.. So they must keep their mouth closed and keep it to themselves. Just like in James R. Bradley's letter to his friend where it mentions about slaves that desire freedom, but they can't do anything. One day Solomon got called from master Epps' wife to do her a favor and Solomon thought it was a chance he could escape. He ran to a jungle and seen 3 to 4 African American men that got hung by white men. Solomon got so scared when they called them and asked where he's going. Luckily, Solomon got permission from his master's  wife otherwise he will end up getting beat or even hung on the tree like those slaves. Lastly, when an African American woman name Sabbath Patsey went to get soap, Master Epps got so angry because he thought she ran away.  Patsey (A young African American ) told her master the reason she went there, but he didn't listen to her and whipped her until she bled. That was why they kept their desire of freedom to themselves because they want to avoid harsher treatment by their masters.

                                                  

 

Master Epps, a slave, and Solomon

                 

                      
      

after getting whipped

                                     

Solomon and men were talking

              


                                 
                                         

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• How does gender shape the experiences of the slaves in the film?

  

               In this film we see how it didn't matter who they were male or female, fat or skinny,  they still tended to do the same amount of work because they were slaves. Everybody had to pick at least more than 200 pounds of cotton. Their experiences are almost the same, but their individual internal conflicts are different from one another. Solomon was trying to find a way to be free. He got beaten up very often by his master Epps. Only Solomon actually fought for his rights, others just did whatever their masters told them to do. A young African American woman had to face with master Epps' wife. His wife was very jealous when she knew that her husband had feelings for her. This resulted in she being treated harshly by master Epps' wife. Also, the mother that got separated from her children had face lots of obstacles. She did not want to leave her children. When those white men  sold them into slavery she was pleased the master to buy her and the children. She cried and cried when her children had to get separated from her. Solomon told her to be strong and stop crying. The mother didn't care she said it if he were her, he would've cried, too because she loves her children so much. Genders shape the experiences of the slaves in the film. 



               

African American woman, master Epps and Solomon

Master Epps' wife and African American woman

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• How do changes in ownership affect working and living conditions?

    In the film " 12 Years a Slave " we see the way people lived which very difficult. Only black people got sold to become slaves. They were living in a nightmare for 12 years. The slaves got beaten up by their owner and were forced to do hard work. The changes in ownership have affected working and living conditions of a slavery because in the film, Solomon was treated a little bit differently than other slaves. First, once Solomon got sold he was trying to tell the white men that he was a free man. He got beaten up more than anybody else. Also when they gave him his new nickname (Platt), Solomon could not accept that he is going to be a slave. So he was pretending that was not him because he was stubborn which was why his living conditions contrasted from others. No one deserves to beaten up until they bleed. It was an unfortunate because they were slaves. Once he tried to get along with his owner or master, he didn't get beat up as often as before. Solomon knew that Mr. Ford was a kindhearted master. His master ( Mr. Ford ) was more easy going on Solomon and trusted him. This way Solomon could ask his master (Mr. Ford) to do him a favor which is to send a letter that says he wants his freedom back. However when he got sold again to different master (master. Epps) Solomon's life as a slave was totally different. He got heated up because he didn't not pick the cotton, over 200 pounds and almost died from the punishments. So in this film working and living conditions were affected by ownership. 
      


                                    

Mr. Ford and Solomon

Master Epps and Solomon

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                                                                 SLAVE NARRATIVE 


Florida Narrative, Volume III
Josephine Anderson



 SUMMERY SECTION
     
         In Josephine Anderson's letter from Florida was trying tell us about his own personal experience when he was young as a slavery. His father died when he was born so he had to live with his mother and his step-father and also he has 2 half-brother and sister.  He tempted to do light stuffs because his grandmother was old. Unfourtunly, His step-father died from heart disease when he worked for turpantie. Doreaa was his mother, she wore barefoot in the the winter. This was what he was trying to tell us what happened to him and his family members.




ANALYSIS/REFLECTION SECTION
         
                This letter got me so emotional. His father died when he was born, then his step-father died form working, his grandmother was old and couldn't help much, his mother got treated very poorly. He had such a difficult time. It was not easy to be slave, they always have to encounter difficulties or obstacles in their lives.

Slave narrative Josephine Anderson Florida

     

Florida