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Fighting for freedomFighting for freedom
By Brian MolinaBy Brian Molina
The trip to AmericaThe trip to America
The plantation owners The plantation owners went to Africa to look went to Africa to look for people to work for for people to work for them.them.
They tied them up, They tied them up, and they put them on and they put them on a ship to go to a ship to go to America.America.
The ships The ships
On this ship this is how On this ship this is how the ship looks like.the ship looks like.
They put the slaves on They put the slaves on one line where they were one line where they were all squished.all squished.
They try to put more They try to put more slaves - as many as they slaves - as many as they can.can.
Some died, were Some died, were harassed and treated bad harassed and treated bad all the way to America.all the way to America.
The plantationThe plantation
When they got to When they got to America they were America they were forced to work on the forced to work on the plantations.plantations.
If they were trying to If they were trying to escape they will whip escape they will whip them.them.
The slaves were The slaves were treated like they were treated like they were animals. animals.
Slave Slave
The picture on the top The picture on the top show how the slave show how the slave catcher catch the catcher catch the slaves. When they slaves. When they find a slave they pay find a slave they pay lots of money.lots of money.
On the bottom picture On the bottom picture show how many a show how many a slave cost for it slave cost for it captured. captured.
A war for freedomA war for freedom Around this time the first Around this time the first
African went to warAfrican went to war They fought for their They fought for their
freedom.freedom. They hated that the white They hated that the white
people treated them people treated them badly.badly.
Lots of people lost their Lots of people lost their lives in this war. lives in this war.
Even though war ended Even though war ended in 1865 there is still lots of in 1865 there is still lots of discrimination todaydiscrimination today
