Historical Figure/Frederick Douglass Game
For the Frederick Douglass Game, I selected a historical figure by the name of James Mitchell Ashley. His significance and general influence within the final years of the fight against slavery is rather unheard of in the mainstream teachings of American history. The following paragraph reads out the speech I produced from what I feel to be the shoes of James Mitchell Ashley. I am James Mitchell Ashley. - I stand before you today as a man, no more and no less than any human being who walks this earth today. We as one society must understand that slavery is not only morally wrong, but criminal. As humans it is our obligation to put an end to this tragic situation. My position in the house of representatives is not of value without the cooperation of others. Together we have the power to forever abolish slavery with support of the potential thirteenth amendment, as it reads: " Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have bee...