https://padlet.com/syedahmed3/40mswehjuqb2na08 Made with a wink and a smile en-us 2020-12-17 01:38:33 UTC 2020-12-17 01:41:20 UTC hello@padlet.com syedahmed3 https://padlet.com/syedahmed3/40mswehjuqb2na08/wish/1026319701 "My master was, to my knowledge, the father of eleven slaves. But did the mothers dare to tell who was the father of their children? Did the other slaves dare to allude to it, except in whispers among themselves? No, indeed! They knew too well the terrible consequences".

"The conscientious man! He was too scrupulous to sell me; but he had no scruples whatever about committing a much greater wrong against the helpless young girl placed under his guardianship, as his daughter’s property. "
"Sometimes my persecutor would ask me whether I would like to be sold. I told him I would rather be sold to any body than to lead such a life as I did. "In this quote she emphasizes that she believes her owner is the worst possible owner she could ever have, meaning whatever the owner did to her must've been truly wrong."]]> 2020-12-17 01:39:42 UTC https://padlet.com/syedahmed3/40mswehjuqb2na08/wish/1026319701 syedahmed3 https://padlet.com/syedahmed3/40mswehjuqb2na08/wish/1026320955 "The mansion sits atop a long tunnel through which slaves, unseen, hurried back and forth carrying platters of food, fresh tableware, ice, beer, wine and linens, while above them 20, 30 or 40 guests sat listening to Jefferson’s dinner-table conversation. At one end of the tunnel lay the icehouse, at the other the kitchen, a hive of ceaseless activity where the enslaved cooks and their helpers produced one course after another."

"When Jefferson put an empty bottle in the compartment, a slave waiting in the basement pulled the dumbwaiter down, removed the empty, inserted a fresh bottle and sent it up to the master in a matter of seconds". This is astonishing to me because the fact that a president had slaves and use them like this is awful and i'm confused as to how he won.]]> 2020-12-17 01:40:16 UTC https://padlet.com/syedahmed3/40mswehjuqb2na08/wish/1026320955