Robert Newsome Is Greedy

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It was during 1850, when I arrived at the Callaway County, as another family’s property. A human property is a term that describes my fourteen-year-old life. During this time, slavery has become a substantial changing factor for many farmers. A belief was spread throughout the union, slaveholding is held in high esteemed because they prosper more and produced more crops. How is owning another person acceptable to the eyes of these societies? How is slaveholding enabled the farmers to pursue their dreams of economic prosperity? It is unjustified and cruel to use another human being the same way they use cattle. Robert Newsome is a greedy man; however, in the eyes of the society, he is considered to be an ideal representative family farmer who

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