Slavery In America Research Paper

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Every individual has a role to play in the prowess of society. Our choices, decisions, actions and consequences ought to be of good to ourselves and to the society. Some elements in our culture may be good and others may prove retrogressive. In this regard, this essay will talk of my slavery in America following my escape of early marriage back in Nigeria-Africa. This essay will give my observed disparity of the American culture from the African culture and the ultimate consequences of my escape and slavery.
I was thirteen years when I found myself in the hands of Johannes family in New York. This was not by choice but as a victim of circumstance. Being an African girl, born of typical African parents, by this age of thirteen I was supposed to be settled in marriage with a man of my parents’ choice. The structure of the African society regarded a man superior to a woman and as a lady I was supposed to respect my father’s decision (Wyrod). I was not ready to live the life like that of my mother, a life in which the females had no place in the society rather than giving in to the desires of their societal men. I made a decision to flee to my distant uncle who I thought enlightened after five years stay in America. The economic crisis at home could not allow my uncle to take me in. He had a big
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Before plotting the escape plan, I was transferred to Mrs. Kreolin. This lady was a wealthy widow and she was a real Christian. I was a slave, but she treated me with much humility. I was only attending to house chores and little compound sweeping. After my request, she offered to help me attain western education. She also introduced me to a missionary school where I learned much about Christianity. Like Phillis Wheatley, as a slave portrayed in his poem (Wheatley), I knew of a being called God, unlike in Africa where there was nothing to do with religion. After completing my education, I was freed from the ties of