4th of July

Most of you good citizens know me as Jonah Smith, but my given name is really Abiona Sabra. Africa was my birthplace but America is my home. Today we all stand here free men. Not too long ago this was not the case, you see there was no freedom for me in the beginning because I was a slave. Today I am a teacher having learned this trade at the hands of my former master’s children’s tutor. I was one of the fortunate slaves living on a plantation. My duties were confined to the plantation household and this gave me access to a better life that most other slaves. It was in this household that I learned the history of America.

I have been ask by you to give this town’s 4th of July speech. My journey to this day has been a long and a hard one. It is a great h

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It was a measure to help authorities fight smuggling. The north did not have slaves or even plantations, so what business was it of theirs if the south did or not. During this time Egyptian and Indian cotton enter the world market and American cotton never regained its prewar dominance.

When at last the Civil war did end it held economic and social results. The colonies debated England’s legal power to tax them. When the first Africans reached Virginia in 1619, the colony was comprised of small plantations dependent on free white labor. A journey that hopefully will be a long and happy one. One of the reasons the colonies started rebelling against England was the taxation issue. John Adams declared that this was when the notion of independence was born (Encarta). There was a passage of laws to protect white labor and it was these very laws that elevated slave trade in America.

After the Revolution many immigrants were coming to America. It was the phrase known to all,” taxation without representation” that drew many colonists to the cause of independence (The American Revolution, an HTML project). Like the colonies another too owned me. The plantation owner didn’t want anyone telling him what to do.

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Approximate Word count = 1978
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)

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