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Throughout this reading, I was left thinking of what they say about someone who is deaf or blind. You ask this person, "what is like to be blind?" And they respond, "what is it like to see? It is only a disability to you." While I certainly do not want to justify the experience of slavery, it almost seems as though the speaker of this piece didn't necessarily want to be freed. How prevalent do you think this attitude was? --Cash | Throughout this reading, I was left thinking of what they say about someone who is deaf or blind. You ask this person, "what is like to be blind?" And they respond, "what is it like to see? It is only a disability to you." While I certainly do not want to justify the experience of slavery, it almost seems as though the speaker of this piece didn't necessarily want to be freed. How prevalent do you think this attitude was? --Cash | ||
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| + | If slaves knew nothing of emancipation, why the seemingly widespread celebrations upon news of its arrival? Susan Merritt described events "after freedom," as if it was a major turning point in her life. It seems to me that emancipation meant so many different things for different people. Some slaves had difficulties grasping the idea of freedom, while others celebrated the coming of emancipation as one of the most important moments of their lives. Is it possible, then, to determine concretely the overall effect of emancipation?- D. Radtke | ||
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