THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT SLAVERY Slavery is to most white people, as the trade of colored people. I was a slave owner for nine years. I supported slavery and I thought the purpose of Negroes was to pick cotton out on the plantation. I thought it made them happy and safe. Then one day, my wife told me to read a novel called “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano”. After reading …showed first 75 words of 341 total…

…showed last 75 words of 341 total…together like cattle. On the day of selling, a signal is given and the buyers rush to choose what “item” they like best. What makes this a tragedy is these Negroes with feelings and want a life of their own with freedom. This is an inhumane way to trade these people. We people in Richmond should take action and try to at least make a stand and help these innocent people. Its God’s Way.