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1 SLAVE NARRATIVE BY DEANNA, CAITLIN, AND KELLY

2 Connection For our storyboard: All these slaves came from the same plantation and all their parents were slaves that were abused badly.

3 Captivity (William Moore) They had small cabins with beds, a bench, and a fireplace. Most children would sleep on the floor. Moore secretly tried to read and was a boy most of the time. Some Sundays they went to church and they were told by white preacher to work hard, obey owners, and sing, and if they did that they would go to Heaven

4 Captivity (William Moore) Marse Tom was his slave owner; he had a bullwhip and had to whip someone everyday to satisfy his craving. He would have one slave hold another slave down with his face in the dirt, and eat him until they bled and put salt in the cuts. His mother was tied to a tree and being whipped with the bullwhip and he tries to tell Marse to stop but he just gets whipped.

5 Escape (Mrs. James Steward) Waited for Jim Steward to come and get her. Promised to take her away and marry her but the master wouldn't allow that on the plantation. Jim brought her men's clothes to put on; she put on the two suits to keep her warm. they escaped the plantation; reached Canada safely.

6 Freedom (Scott Bond) After he had gotten started out in life and had accumulated a little spare money. He wanted to visit his place of birth and find his father if possible and help him if needed. He was married and had two children. He had rented a large farm, and he thought it a good time for this trip for his father. He bought nice clothes, shaved and looked nice. Went to a stable in Arkansas and got a horse and buddy to drive out to Livingston. He met Mr. Goodlow and he asked him about he felt about. hiring slaves in 1852 and Mr. Goodlow he remembers hiring slaves. Me. Goodlow was in charge of his mother Ann and Mr. Rutledge was his father. Mr. Goodlow told him that his father was dead

7 Freedom (Scott Bond) He moved to Madison, St. Francis County, Ark., with his stepfather, who had bargained to buy a farm. The next year he walked eighteen miles to the Allen farm, having seen the possibilities in the fertile soil of that place in the two years he had worked on it with his stepfather. He decided that would be the place to make money. He rented 12 acres of land at $6.50 per acre. He had no money, no corn, no horse, nothing to eat, no plows, no gears; but all the will power that could be contained in one little hide. In 1876 he rented 35 acres and hired one man. In 1877 he married Miss Magnolia Nash of Forrest City,and their farm contained 2,200 acres.

8 Sources American past and Present Online: http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubboo ks/dy http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubboo ks/dy New Deal Network: http://newdeal.feri.org/asn/asn13.htm http://newdeal.feri.org/asn/asn13.htm http://www.civil- war.net/narrativedata/william_moore.pdf http://www.civil- war.net/narrativedata/william_moore.pdf


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