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This reading brought up a couple questions for me. First, why wasn't Arthur more severly punished for his crimes? Especially after he had a history of drunkeness, stealing, and running away? Second, why would other people continue to buy him with his previous record? I guess the answer probably has to do with slaves being considered valuable property. This reading shows the some of the more extreme actions or rebellion that we talked about in class. -Iris Onks | This reading brought up a couple questions for me. First, why wasn't Arthur more severly punished for his crimes? Especially after he had a history of drunkeness, stealing, and running away? Second, why would other people continue to buy him with his previous record? I guess the answer probably has to do with slaves being considered valuable property. This reading shows the some of the more extreme actions or rebellion that we talked about in class. -Iris Onks | ||
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| + | In this reading, I realized that the punishments for the man's crimes were not always fitting to the crime itself. There seems to be an inconsistancy among the severity of his punishments for the acts committed. Were the laws dramatically different depending on what city he was in? And also, his sentence for committing rape was execution, how is it that in the present day rape charges result in as little as 18 months in prison? Has America moved toward a society that is way too liberal and forgiving of horrible acts? -Ally Campo | ||
== Father Abraham's speech from ''Poor Richard's Almanac'', 1757 == | == Father Abraham's speech from ''Poor Richard's Almanac'', 1757 == | ||
