June activity

I have always been intrigued with slavery so I read about it in both books. I could never understand how human life,no matter what color your skin is, be treated like it was in slavery. In Hakim's book it was mentioned in many places in the book. It was referenced in the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and many other times in history. The words slave or slavery are not even mentioned. The Constitution writers substituted "person held to service or labor" or "all other persons" for slave. They were very many interesting facts given in Hakim's book. In Woods book it was given a small explanation titled antislavery. It talked about far more blacks living in slavery at the end of the Revolutionary era than at the beginning. I enjoyed reading both explanations but Hakim referenced it in many places in the book and did a better job keeping my attention while reading!