8th grade American History students created this site. The purpose of this site is to promote the understanding of the period prior to the American Civil War. These persuasive essays vary in content, style, and writing ability. However, all the essays should express the opinion of each author about a topic of their choosing.
Slavery is inhumane, cruel, mean, and dirty.
This is al just a little taste of how I will further explain myself, and hopefully convinces you to think the same way I do about the disgusting issue of slavery. First off slavery is harsh, cruel, inhumane, and many other pessimistic things about it can be said. You probably have no idea what a slave went through daily. He usually does work such as farming and other hard work to do around the plantation, which is where he worked and spent the majority of his life. Luckily with the help of some of the Abolitionist Movement's leaders, in 1805 New Jersey passed a law which eventually abolished this menace.