I thought the glory field was a really good book. My favourite character in the book was tommy because he had a goal in mind and a dream to play pro basketball even though he was black. I felt really bad for tommy for not getting the scholorship and getting ripped off. My favourite part in the book was when Josua and lem catch Mr Joe haynes. It was my favourite part because it was very exciting and intense when they were fighting for the gun and then tieing Mr Joe Haynes up.
I think the grossest part of the book was when the author [walter dean myers ] was describing the conditions of the slave shi. I think it would e so dark and creepy and cold, living in a slave ship would auck!. And the even creeper part is that it still exists today and it could possibly happen to anone.
My Favourite quote in the book was when the bank teller told grandpa moses and grandma saran " The king Street Bank was for white folks". This was my favourite quote because not letting someone borrow money to save their home can change someones lfe forever and they didnt even do anything wrong it was only because the color of there skin. So even though the blacks were free they still had to work for a minimum amount of money to pay for a little house.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Taylors Slavery Fact
Taylors Interesting Facts
According to estimates by anti-slavery groups, there were 27 million slaves in the world at the start of the 21st century, more than in any other historical period, despite modern international attention around slavery.WOWWW!!!!
According to estimates by anti-slavery groups, there were 27 million slaves in the world at the start of the 21st century, more than in any other historical period, despite modern international attention around slavery.WOWWW!!!!
Taylors Bance Island Fact
Taylors Bance Island Fact
Oswald's agents at Bance island dispatched several ships a year to Charlestown, each containing between 250 and 350 slaves and goods such as ivory and camwood (a red dyewood). Laurens advertised the slaves, then sold them at auction to local rice planters for a ten percent commission. He used the substantial earnings from the sale to buy locally produced Carolina rice which he sent to Oswald in London, together with the ivory and camwood, and often in the same ship that brought the slaves from Africa. [http://www.yale.edu/glc/gullah/03.htm]
Oswald's agents at Bance island dispatched several ships a year to Charlestown, each containing between 250 and 350 slaves and goods such as ivory and camwood (a red dyewood). Laurens advertised the slaves, then sold them at auction to local rice planters for a ten percent commission. He used the substantial earnings from the sale to buy locally produced Carolina rice which he sent to Oswald in London, together with the ivory and camwood, and often in the same ship that brought the slaves from Africa. [http://www.yale.edu/glc/gullah/03.htm]
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