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Modern Day Slavery


In 1624 the first african american was born years laters Africans are enslaved Americans fought for their own liberty but they started to do the same they placed them in chains after the civil war america was torn They gave them their liberty but secertly they didnt years of pains they have went through to even pick up the same textbook but have the chains really been broken all the years of suffering and they still are at the bottom corrupt police officers putting on the chains they have now taken the place of old white settlers setencing them to years in modern labors no one is happy but private prisons because they can sell out these new slaves into doing hardwork and labor putting more money in their pockets and keeping minorities at the bottom
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Venas0re
I wanted to get this off my chest because i am currently taking the only African American Studies class in my district
Venas0re
I wanted to get this off my chest because i am currently taking the only African American Studies class in my district

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