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When there was slavery if a slave ran away they would make an ad and a reward of money if you found the slave and if they did they would beat the slave or cut off one of there fingers.

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The artifact represents the story and the time period  is a window and cotton because it represents what they did all day in the cotton field and the window represents what they did after they would go the to the masters house and listen to the conversations and tell the other slaves the news .

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In the author’s note it states that slaves  were pulled apart from each other and never seen again .the facts that prove the information authors note  is true are :
• Slaves were forced to leave their mom/dad/children

In the author’s note it states the life of slaves depend on their own control .the fact that prove the information in the author’s note is true are:
• Slave owners decided if they wanted to keep their slaves or sell
• Slaves fought against cruel system they had no say in anything.

United States Social Studies, Scott Foresman

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In the story it states slaves were forced to work . This fact from this fact from the story is true the fact that prove the information in story is true are:
• Slave owners had almost complete control over the slaves life the owners told them when to start work and when to end.
• Slaves could not leave the plantation without permission. slave owners  also decided if they could get married and the age their children could work at.
United States History, Scott Foresman

In the story it states slaves had their own religion and their own church. this fact from the story is true . The fact that prove the information is true are:
• When they get married they had something called jumping the broom
• If u lived when there was slavery owners told slaves when to stop and start work
If You Lived When There was Slavery in America, Anne kamma

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In the author’s note it states the life of slaves depend on their own control .the fact that prove the information in the author’s note is true are :

• Slave owners decided if they wanted to keep their slaves or sell

• Slaves fought against cruel system they had no say in anything.

• Social studies book the united history By: Scott Forceman

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The United States Social Studies Book By: Scott Foresman
To learn more about slavery visit http://www.history.com/topics/black/history/slavery

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Through the characters we learned about history during 1775-1865 slavery. Slavery was one of the hardest things of life because they didn’t have  choice in working for the master. Slavery was SO bad that families would be pulled apart and family members would never see each other again!!!!  Ella Mae, Bobby, and Sue interactions show how children would go would go listen to the master conversation to get news back to the slaves . The characters are happy at the end because they heard the master say he heard Abraham Lincoln was elected and wanted to stop slavery.

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If the dad told the story, he would be worried about Ella Mae going to listen to the master’s conversation. Ella Mae’s dad would be putting cotton in her basket because she hardly had cotton in her basket so she would not get in trouble .Ella Mae’s dad would be looking over her like a guard because he loved her more than anything.

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Ella Mae was brave listening to the master’s conversations because she had to bring information back to the slaves.  Sue is strong because her dad was sold and never seen again. These traits help the children because when dangerous times come they will know what to do. The theme is listen and good things might come. The characters show us this because they listened to the master and heard Abraham Lincoln was elected and wanted to STOP slavery.

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In the morning, she wakes up and it is still dark when the master blows on the bugle.  It gives the slaves a signal that it is time to get to work. Ella Mae is very tired when she wakes up every morning. After a long day of work.  Ella Mae, Bobby, and Sue go in the dark to hide under the master’s window and listen to the master’s conversations to tell the other slaves.  They bring information, whatever good or bad news, back to the slaves. One bad thing they heard was that Ella Mae’s dad might be being sold because he was the best cotton picker out of all in the plantation.

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The Listeners is in first person. The main character is Ella Mae and she is telling the story as a ten-year-old girl. The setting is in the plantation where she worked during slavery 1775-1865.