I was born as the property of a plantation owner at 1820 in Maryland. In my youth I was hit much by my masters while I did the housework for them. At the age of 13 I started working on the farm. That was much better than the housework, because I could talk with my family and friends. At the age of 14 I was ijured by a stone, because I wanted to help another slave. Since that …showed first 75 words of 298 total…

…showed last 75 words of 298 total…The situation between the North and the South became more and more difficult so the Civil War broke out in 1861. I became a general and fought for the North. The North won the war and alavery was forbidden all over the USA. Now the ex-slaves were free but of yourse very poor. I spent almost all my money on helping slaves, later I got 20$ from the government. I died on March 13, 1913 ate the age of 93.