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Civil Rights Activist: Harriet Tubman
Slavery
Slavery in the American South destroyed many families and peoples lives. Slaves families were split apart and were treated with cruelty.
Slavery caused many families to be destroyed and split apart. In “Civil Rights Activist: Harriet Tubman” it says “ Her owner sold three of her sisters to faraway plantation”. In the sentence, it is talking about her family being split apart
. In the poem it says “Children sold away from me.” In the poem, it is talking about her children being sold and causing her family to be split apart.
Slaves were treated harshly and with cruelty. In the poem, it says “I am the one who labored as a slave, beaten and mistreated for the work that I gave.” They made her work beat her and mistreated her with cruelty.

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