Like Solomon, there were also many other people who have been driven to the misfortune of being kidnapped and held into the white man's business of slavery. Many of these kidnapped people were well acquainted with Solomon, whom these people told of their stories to. People like Clemens Ray, and Eliza contributed on telling their stories. Telling stories on "how their unfortunate race was subjected to the disadvantages", as Solomon described when he was speaking of his father. But, what is slavery? Many books and people best define slavery, by describing people who work hard, without a w

Liberty on the other hand, is having the chance to proceed with life with no tricks and deceptions from anyone. It is to be with your loved ones, and to feel secure at all times when being with them or anyone. Like for example Solomon and his family when they were once together, immaculate, and united, achieving what they wanted in life, until they were separated drastically. Freedom or liberty is the idea of having rights just like everyone else, having a say in the society in which they are living, and having the opportunity to work and be successful. Even Solomon, who was born free, had the right to work and gain leverage because of his hard work.

age. Normally, one would get paid for a hard works labor, but these individuals would not. In my description of slavery, it is the state of being controlled by powerful people in which they inflict oppression onto you; and take advantage of the fact that you are defenseless. These people are interpreted by the society of that time period, as a low class and undeserved type of people who basically do not need rights.

To sum up slavery is more of an imprisonment shutting off the light of life from a person. Freedom more likely signifies the total opposite, and that is being independent from any oppressing power, and having the opportunity of succeeding in life. For the people who have been selling free or not free black people into slavery, as Solomon said, it wasn't their total fault for doing these crimes, because it was the society in which these slaveholders lived in, that they held the influence of slaveholding.

Free blacks lived their lives struggling across. Even though these people were supposedly free, they lived it intimidated and under pressure.

Solomon was an intellect person of high respect. He owes this in respect to his father (who was economically s

Some common words found in the essay are:
Ray Eliza, Champlain Canal, , Ebenezer Radburn, John Tibeats, William Ford, Frederick Henry, Cuffee Jenny, Edwin Epps', Wiley Solomon, black people, james burch, james burch ebenezer, john tibeats, solomon people, born free, free black, solomon free, clemens ray, burch ebenezer, free black people, burch ebenezer radburn, ebenezer radburn,
Approximate Word count = 1249
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)