Dan Economou
February 10, 2011
LA 5: Prof. Johann

Human Equality

Imagine working for someone you didn’t know from sun up to sun down. Your only break was when you went to sleep. That is exactly how black people were treated for hundreds of years. War comes to Willy Freeman is a book where it explains this very well. Black people were mistreated in and did nothing to deserve it. In the Revolutionary War black people were promised their freedom if they fought for the army on either sides. Both sides treated black people a little bit better hoping they would join one side. “We were told to leave niggers alone , hoping they’ll join our side” –British Solider. Even though they were promised freedom they still had to go through a tough time not knowing if they would live. It says all men were created equal in the Declaration of Independence. It sure does not look like it when black people were working to the bone doing white men’s work. “It makes you mad scrubbing others floors if was your own you would not be mad cause you cleaning your house”- Willy Freeman. Many black people were killed just out of pure hatred. Black people were always the most poor, least successful, and always never good enough. It got so bad black people could not even marry someone they loved if that person was white. Black people were considered bad for some odd reason. Really white people should be considered bad after the way they acted. Black people should not be mistreated because they taught everyone a lesson. The lesson is one of almost every schools top message; treat others the way you want to be treated.