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Slavery became apart of america in 1916, It started in Jamestown, Virginia and It was led by white men who had power over peoples life and could do whatever they wanted. They sold and traded African american family's and made them slave, which was doing things Like picking cotton, cutting wood making repairs and cleaning, and if they did not abide by the rules they had they were beaten, and sometimes even lynched.

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Lucas D. Dennis was one of the hundred and fifty slaves that Mr. Dandridge owned, Lucas was 94 years old with a bright mind and still had all of his teeth.

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In 1970 Lucas was still enslaved, but he had been moved to Harpers ferry, and half of his family moved to Martinsburg, west VA.

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On August twelfth, 1937 Mary Dolly Green gave birth to Walter Dean Myers

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In 1940 Walter Milton Myers was given to Herbert dean, that's when his name got changed,

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walter's father married florence so in which became his step- mother. Him and his family moved to harem which became he first place he can remember he called home

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Walter ate too many Icy pops and had stomach issues, so his mother had to hire a babysitter, and one day when Walters' mother came to pick him up he had half of his face covered in bandages be cause he had jumped off the climbing bars and landed face first on the cement

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Walter could read so well they moved him to a 2nd grade class the only problem was he was picked on because of his speech problem. Walter didn't like anyone

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making fun of him so he would get them back for example wiping glue on someone because they laughed that he spilled it on himself.