We read chapters 14-16 today and found out what Master Charles is doing to help the family make some needed money. Write at least four sentences describing how you felt when you read about it. Include a sentence about why do you think slaves were not allowed to read and write. You should have a total of at least 5 sentences, using correct punctuation and capitalization.
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Johnny
2/11/2010 02:11:55 am
That made me feel really bed about that do who got cut to the bone. I don't know what it was but it made me really mad when i heard about that story. Why in the world would anyone want to do such a thing to someone. He should put his shoes in that slaves and see how he feels. I think they don't won't slaves to read because if they know how to read they could find a place faraway and keep hidden from their master.
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Jayden
2/11/2010 02:14:50 am
I thought what he was doing was very sad. I have no idea how a man could get so mad.If the slaves were able to read and write they could be sending letters to each other planning on when and where they are going to escape from. If Master Charles was my slave owner i would of killed him why he was sleeping cause there living in his basement for crying out loud.
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Hayleigh
2/11/2010 02:16:24 am
I think that slaves couldn't go to school to learn how to read and write because the slaves never got to do anything besides do chores everyday. I think that Master Charles does not need to sell the slaves because if he does there will not be anyone to clean for him. I feel sad because the next slave owner they go to might be way meaner that Master Charles. If he sells the slaves than all he would have is money and nobody to do the chores. I think that Master Charles should not sell the slaves and keep them.
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Jaden
2/11/2010 02:17:00 am
I think it is mean that he is buying slaves and putting them in the basement. I wonder why he keeps buying slaves and selling them. I think his buying them cheap and selling them for more money so he can make a profit. I dislike that a man had his freedom and he got kidnapped and he was a slave now. When I read it I wanted to scream why do you like to use people to do all your work. I would of said blacks are no different from whites and we should get treated like others. I felt like I wonted to bet Master Charles and Mistress Carols. I wanted to kidnap the slaves and when they got caught bye the slave catchers, They wouldn't of got in trouble because they didn't run away. I think slaves were not able to read and write so they don't read important letters that the masters has written. I think Ann was listen to the conversation at the school house because she wanted to hear what they talk about at school because she have never been to one.
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The story the Richmond told about him getting cut and stabbed really freaked me out.The thing Master Charles was doing to earn money was selling slaves.I wish their weren't slaves.Reading about how they were tormented made me really sad.I think slaves cant read and write because their master thinks they'll start writing fake permits and read something that say if their getting sold or not.
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Ronisha
2/11/2010 02:18:11 am
When I was reading Chapter 14-16 i felt that it was sad that Martha had to become a slave. When she was free and she got took en out of her bed while she was sleep. It is also sad that the white man that tried to free the slaves got killed and the slaves that ran didn't get nothing done to them. I think that Master Charles is selling slaves to pay his dept and get money for is Wife, niece, and him. I think slaves wasn't allowed to read because if they could read they would probably find a book about how to escape and the owners would be mad and wouldn't know how to find them because the slaves would know a lot about escaping.
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josh
2/11/2010 02:18:59 am
I felt horrible when I found out what Master Charles did to though's slave's.I felt bad for though's slaves and what there old master's did to them. The slave that got his foot they cut it to the bone that was sick and I felt hurt.Master Charles has slave's in his basement and barley feeding and saleing them at a profit. I think they don't let slaves read or write so they can't pass notes about killing the master.
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dalon
2/11/2010 02:21:07 am
Master Charles is making money for keeping slaves. I felt anger and then i felt a relieve when Ann gave them food.I was sad when Richmond was stabbed and wiped if i was there i would help him.I was so angry when Martha was kidnapped is was just wrong and she was free!I think the reason they can't read is so they cant read there papers things that might help Them north.
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skylar
2/11/2010 02:24:45 am
Master Charles is selling slaves in his basment. When I was reading the chapters I felt sorry for the slaves. Because some of the slaves masters would not feed them and if they ran and found them they would cut there feet all the way to the bone. The slaves wouldent stay there for long. Because Master Charles would sell them and get some more. I think the reasen Ann seats under the window and listens is because wight people cant teach slaves how to read and right and she want to learn
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Drake
2/11/2010 02:28:01 am
They needed money, so they could pay their dept and everything. So what they did was they sold about 4 or 5 slaves of their own. When they sold their slaves they didn't have alot of help around the house so they had to have Ann do all of the work. Ann didn't do any work outside so they had to buy more slaves. If a white person taught a black person anything they would get sent to jail for doing it.
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