End Slavery Narrative

The End of All Slavery- My whole life has been dedicated to my plantation, my family, and my slaves. My plantation had been established through many generations of backbreaking work, and sweat. My plantation was started of 90 years ago by my Great Grandpa, and had been passed down over the years. My grandfather grew up on this plantation, and so did my father. Our plantation is part of our family. It has provided for our family, and it has provided for our slaves. With the end of slavery rapidly approaching, I have been thinking of all that is going to happen. Without our slaves, our profits will drop significantly. Consequently, my plantation will suffer, and my family will suffer. My family has relied on our plantation for generations, and
it is all going to be taken away. Not only has my family relied on our plantation, but our slaves have too. The plantation provides food, and shelter for the slaves, and they are well taken care of as long as they work hard. Without the slaves, they will be on their own. They will have to find a job, and earn money to find a place to live, and get food to eat. Even though our slaves were not paid, they were given a home, food, and taken care of. Our plantation fully relied on slave labor, and so do many other businesses in the south. With the slaves being freed, all of the southern businesses that rely on slave labor will collapse. This will drastically hurt the economy, and hurt businesses even more than they already will be. Overall, the Emancipation Proclamation will not only hurt the citizens of the South, but the slaves as well. I am worried on what effects the Emancipation Proclamation will deliver.