POST: Comment on a particular line, paragraph, scene, theme, or rhetorical move (from Baldwin, Coates, and Peck) that you found especially interesting. Be sure not to post on what a previous student has posted on.
I chose the following lines below from the article “Between the world me and you”. which I found very interesting. The following lines basically talks about slavery and how the American economy was brought up upon; not only that it gives the Arthur a sense of feel of how diverse, and divided it was between the people. Mainly it shows how slaves were being treated; used for, and how it all led to the civil war.
“At the onset of the Civil War, our stolen bodies were worth $4 billion, more than all of American industry, all of American railroads, workshops, and factories combined, and the prime product rendered by our stolen bodies—cotton—was America’s primary export. The richest men in America lived in the Mississippi River Valley, and they made their riches off our stolen bodies. Our bodies were held in bondage by the early presidents. Our bodies were traded from the White House by James K. Polk. Our bodies built the Capitol and the National Mall.”
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