“Mary, come on”, yelled Grace. Grace was Mary’s best friend since they were born.
“I’m coming”, Mary yelled. Mary and Grace did everything together, at least until this all started.
Mary Charles was born in 1818. She and her parents lived in Missouri and for the first year and a half things were going great. But when 1820 came rolling around things started getting a little scary for Mary. In 1820 the Missouri compromise provides for Missouri’s admission to the union as a slave state (4). !820 slavery was prohibited in all territory north with the exception of Missouri (4). With all of this slavery going on Mary lost her parents in an auction. Mary even lost her best friend Grace. Another buyer at the auction, bought Mary. During a huge slave uprising in 1822 many slaves were put to death (1). In 1848 seventy seven slaves aboard the a Pearl in an attempt to escape from the city of Washington (4). In the southern colonies like Maryland and Virginia, slavery started diminishing (2). While …show more content…
When Mary went out and did her chores, she heard people whispering about who Harriet Tubman was. She heard that Harriet Tubman took groups of slaves to the Underground Railroad. Pennsylvania approved the law that slaves who were 25 could be freed. When Mary heard about how Pennsylvania freed slaves who were 25, she wondered if the people who bought her parents lived in Pennsylvania, maybe they would come back for her. By 1855 4 million people were living in America were slaves (3). BOOM, SMACK, POW the war had began. April 12 of 1861 the fighting on fort sumter marks the beginning of the civil war (4). Mary gave up on looking for her parents and gave up on wishing that the war would end and wanting her best friend. When the north wanted to ban slavery in 1861 the south wanted to keep it (1). Mary hoped that this slavery stuff would just end although with the war and everything she was too scared to hope or to
“I’m coming”, Mary yelled. Mary and Grace did everything together, at least until this all started.
Mary Charles was born in 1818. She and her parents lived in Missouri and for the first year and a half things were going great. But when 1820 came rolling around things started getting a little scary for Mary. In 1820 the Missouri compromise provides for Missouri’s admission to the union as a slave state (4). !820 slavery was prohibited in all territory north with the exception of Missouri (4). With all of this slavery going on Mary lost her parents in an auction. Mary even lost her best friend Grace. Another buyer at the auction, bought Mary. During a huge slave uprising in 1822 many slaves were put to death (1). In 1848 seventy seven slaves aboard the a Pearl in an attempt to escape from the city of Washington (4). In the southern colonies like Maryland and Virginia, slavery started diminishing (2). While …show more content…
When Mary went out and did her chores, she heard people whispering about who Harriet Tubman was. She heard that Harriet Tubman took groups of slaves to the Underground Railroad. Pennsylvania approved the law that slaves who were 25 could be freed. When Mary heard about how Pennsylvania freed slaves who were 25, she wondered if the people who bought her parents lived in Pennsylvania, maybe they would come back for her. By 1855 4 million people were living in America were slaves (3). BOOM, SMACK, POW the war had began. April 12 of 1861 the fighting on fort sumter marks the beginning of the civil war (4). Mary gave up on looking for her parents and gave up on wishing that the war would end and wanting her best friend. When the north wanted to ban slavery in 1861 the south wanted to keep it (1). Mary hoped that this slavery stuff would just end although with the war and everything she was too scared to hope or to