he slaves that we have had at our house, they were all very respectful, courteous and very grateful the whole time they were here. I can honestly say that I would have been friends with most of them if they lived by me. One major case that greatly angered me was the case of Dred Scott in 1857. Dred Scott was a man that was born a slave and later sold to Dr. John Emerson, an Army physician from Missouri. Dr. Emerson had to travel and live in Illinois and Wisconsin. Abolitionists decided to sue on Dred Scott’s behalf for his freedom because he no longer lived in slave territory with his master. This case made it all the way to the Supreme Court. They ruled that Dred Scott could not sue because he was property and not a United States citizen. It was also stated by the Supreme Court that the government could not interfere with the personal arrangements of property. This is ridiculous that a living, breathing human being can be considered somebody else’s property and the government cannot interfere with this. After this point I started to realize that slavery was becoming nationalized and spreading over the entire country. My older sister Mary no longer lives around here. She lives in the Oneida Community in New York. I have heard some pretty interesting things about that place. It is a community that is comprised of around 200 people that think the framework of the world today is both unstable and inconsistent. The community is very open with one another. One of the things that make Oneida unique is that they have mutual criticism, which is when they sit a person down and tell them all the good and bad qualities about them. I guess it is supposed to make it so that nobody has any lasting problems with anybody else. They also have many sexual partners, which is called complex marriage. Everybody shares with everybody, even in the bedroom. It sounds like a very peaceful place there. She has been there since t...
