Jennie Hendricks-Slave Narrative

Jennie Hendericks was the oldest of seven children. She was born in Georgia and her family was brought to Georgia from Virginia in 1936. Jennie was sold to a plantation owner, Mr.Moore. Mr.Moore was not considered rich because although he had a large plantation he did not have much slaves. Mr.Moore's family consisted of his wife and his six kids. Since Jennie was a child she was brought into the master's house and played with his children. Sometimes Mrs.Moore's son would become jealous because he felt that his mother was giving to much attention to Jennie. Jennie never had to do any work and was not allowed to read or write, but Mr.Moore's children always taught her how. One day Mrs.Moore even taught her how to sew because she seemed interested in it . Jennie was always given food and said it was even better than what most people had. After the war was over freedom was declared and Jennie and her grandmother stayed with Mr.Moore's family. Overtime Jennie's grandmother dies and she soon has a husband from another plantation. He describes that at other
plantations people get severely whipped and were treated very harsh. Jennie lived a very long time and it was believed that she lived long because she was obedient and had a firm belief in God.

I can conclude that Jennie was probably a few of many slaves that was not treated harshly. She had plantation owners who actually cared for her and took great care of her. She was pretty fortunate because like her husband said, at other plantations people were whipped and beaten. Jennie did what she told and behaved well and therefore she was treated with respect. She was probably on eof many slaves who had a kind-hearted master and things were fortunate for her.

Jennie Hendricks Slave Narrative

Jennie was born a slave in Georgia

Tecumseh Speech

Tecumseh's speech has an evident themes of bravery and challenges, Tecumseh states, "My people are brave and numerous, but the white people are too strong for them alone." This quote proves that there was a challenge for Tecumseh because he's trying to convince the Osages to unite with them because they are having problems with the white people and they feel that without them it would be challenging to defeat them alone. Tecumseh also says, "Who are white people that we should fear them?" This quote by Tecumseh proves that he is brave. Although he has a challenge of defeating the white people alone with his own tribe he is confident and brave. He believes that if they unite with the Osages they have enough strength and power to defeat the white people with uniting all the red men.

Song: "Break Free"  By: Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande's song, "Break Free" resembles the theme of bravery in Tecumseh's speech to the Osages. Ariana sings, "...When I say I don't want ya.. I'm stronger than I've been before ...This is the part when I break free." Ariana Grande's lyrics resembles the theme of bravery in Tecumseh's speech because she is explaining that she is not afraid anymore to tell her boyfriend, in her disastrous relationship, that she is going to stand up to him because she feels that she has the strength now. Likewise to Tecumseh's speech, he speaks to the Osages about how they shouldn't fear the white people once they unite because they feel that they'll have the strength the defeat the white people. Therefore "Break Free" by Ariana Grande resembles the theme of bravery in Tecumsehs speech to the Osages.

Tecumseh

Break Free Album Cover

Slavery In America

Frederick Douglass

• 1619- Captive Africans were sold into slavery in Jamestown, Virginia
• 1793- Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin
• 1831- Nat Turner leads a rebellion in South Hamilton, Virginia where enslaved Africans revolted and killed a plantation owner as well as 57 other whites.
• 1847- Frederick Douglass escaped to the North and produced a an abolitionist newspaper and named it "North Star".
• 1849- Harriet Tubman escapes from a Virginia plantation and knew the trails of the Underground Railroad
• 1850- Fugitive Slave Act: Any black caught leaving a plantation was to be brought back to slavery.
• 1860- Abraham Lincoln was elected to be president
• 1870-15th Amendment is ratified. Now black men are have the right to vote
• 1871-KKK Act is passed
• 1875-Clinton Massacre

Abraham Lincoln

Slavery

Religion in the Early 1800s

The Second Great Awakening was a Protestant revival during the early 1800s. This movement began around the 1790's , was at its peak in the 1800s, and kept rising rapidly after the 1820s where the Baptists and Methodists were creating a movement led by the preachers of their congregation.The Second Great Awakening sparked the establishment of new members of evangelical denominations which then led to the formation of new denominations.

Baptists

• Largest Christian denomination
• Rejected infant baptism
• Most Baptists are evangelical in doctrine
• Jesus Christ is their Lord Savior and is symbolic of the cleansing of their sins

Methodists

• Founder of Methodists movement was John Wesley
• Did not arise as a result of doctrine dispute, but practical Christianity
• Used the Bible to study and prayed to receive acts of charity and communion
• Became known as the "Holy Club"

Unitarians

• Belief that God exists as one person not three
• Believed that the Holy Spirit is not a person
• Believed that human reason and experience is the final authority in determining spiritual truth 

Mormons

• Believed that Jesus Christ is their Savior and the Son of God
• Believed that the church they attend is the same church Jesus established when he was on Earth
• Joesph Smith founded Mormonism and people believed that he was chosen by God to restore the Church of Jesus Christ to the Earth

Presbyterians

• The word "Presbyterian" comes from the Greek Bible from the word "elder"
• Governed by elders
• Came from the Protestant Reformation
• Believed that their only authoritative guide for faith and life was from the Bible

Congregationalists

• Ruled by their Congregation
• Avoid all hierarchy

Mormon Church

Methodists Church

Methodists Symbol

Baptist church

Letter to my Family in the East

Dear Family,                                                                           April 25, 1866

Family's Traveling West

                      As you know, I am now on my journey to the West. Right now I am in Oregon and I am going to the West to find a better place to start a new life and discover everything I can to start my new beginnings. I want to find gold and wish to become rich, but one of the things I've been eager to do is to ride a canoe on the Mississippi River. I know my desires and dreams seem unlikely to you all, but I am going to do whatever it takes to pursue them.
         So, far on my journey, I've been hearing a lot of tales about the Donner Family. It is very creepy because I am currently on the path that is called the Oregon Trail, that they took and apparently they ended up eating one another. What I also heard about this path is that the Donner family's bodies still lay beneath the mountain grounds, where they died. I came on this same path to the West because I wanted to see if there was anything left beneath the grounds they died on (I'm hoping gold). Not many people decided to come take the same path I am taking, but you know me, I've always been adventurous.Each day more and more people die of either starvation or lack of supplies. Many women are pregnant and give birth, which is a beautiful, but disgusting thing. People were talking about how George Donner's wife gave birth on the way to their journey, too bad they all died.
          Don't worry about me dying or having a lack of supplies me and my fellow, John have come prepared. Anyways, my next destination is to go to the Sierra foothills to hopefully find some gold nuggets. I've heard a lot of people became rich over there. It's sad that you all have decided to stay back in the East and have decided not to come on this journey with me, but I hope once I get rich off of gold I'll write back to you all and maybe convince you guys to come over to the West. I hope everything is okay back at home, I miss you all dearly and hope to hear back from you soon. Wish me luck on my journey to the West!

Sierra Nevada Mountains

George Donner 

                                         Truly Yours,
                                                              James

Map Route to the West

Election Day

Flag of Massachusetts

3 Branches of Federal Government

Election day is determined on the the first Tuesday of November. The reason this is because in 1845 Congress passed a law that established when presidential elections be held. It was a good idea for the elections to be held in November because it was when harvest season was over and the harsh winters would not have arrived just yet making it easy for the people. Election Day is held on a Tuesday so that there would not be more than a 34-day period between the first Wednesday of December which is when the presidential election would be held. States where Election Day is a civic holiday are Delaware, Hawaii, Kentucky, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and West Virginia.

Elected Officials of 2014
Governor-Charlie Baker
Lieutenant Governor-Karyn Polito

Charlie Baker

Attorney General-Martha Coakley
Treasurer-Deb Goldberg
Auditor-Suzanne Bump
Senators-Edward Markey & Elizabeth Warren (both Democrats)
Massachusetts District 3 Representative- Niki Tsongas (Democrat)
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Senate-Eileen M. Donoghue
House-David M. Nangle
House(Federal)- Nicola S. Tsongas

Massachusetts District 3

Lewis and Clark

Lewis and Clark's purpose  of the expedition was to discover a route to the Pacific Ocean. They also set out too discover information about other habitats in the West.

Expedition Map

Clark,July 4,1805

In Clark's journal entry on July 4,1805 he wrote about how there was heavy dew the night before and how it rained. He also talked about how he was afraid that an accident might happen and how the climate in the Missouri was singular cloudy and the clouds came in every direction. He explained the landscapes and the type of weather that was present in Missouri that day.

Lewis, May 5, 1806

Lewis and Clark

In Lewis' journal entry on May 5, 1806 he wrote about how he set out at 7 in the morning to get to Kooskooske. As they got there, they saw families, obtained dogs, and got some root bread, and dryed roots. He also explained that him and Clark went by an Indian man and they exchanged different things. The Indians invited them over for dinner and the man served Lewis and dog. He then took the dog and threw it at threw it at his breast and face then tomahawked him. After the dinner Lewis and Clark both set out to Colter's creek again meeting another family. Neither of the men didn't have anything to exchange with the family so they couldn't get in everything in return. The night resulted in Lewis and Clark talking to the families and meeting a man who did a good service to them and gave him their address.

Clark, September 12,1806

Exploring

In Clark's journal entry on September 12, 1806 he wrote about how in the morning they set out at sunrise with a French man who accompanied them. He also wrote about men that they found along their journey throughout the day including 10-12 chiefs and they then took out two canoes to hunt with five hunters in the canoes. They continued in the canoes all night knowing it would be wet and cloudy.