Town Hall Reax

Today I got the chance to listen from both sides of history, both North and South at the town hall meeting. After listening to everyone's speeches on being pro-slavery and anti-slavery, I learned many new things about being anti-slavery. I was able to learn new and interesting insights that will help me in my future understanding of the history between the North and South. 

To begin I would like to touch on Harriet Tubman. I learned that not only did she begin fighting for freeing slaves at the age of twelve but also continued to fight to free slaves using the underground railroad. Even when there were many coming after her with a big reward for her, she still managed to help so many slaves become free. Another thing I learned about her is that after she was free, she helped in the Civil War by creating remedies for injured soldiers. 

One other person I got the chance to learn about from listening to these speeches was Sarah Parker Remond. She also fought for slavery at the age of twelve. In fact, she gave a lecture on it showing how early she was able to help. Sarah had big feelings about slavery which she would often express through mentioning how they were being treated. Some examples of this include experiencing unfair treatment politically, and socially, through humiliation and through insults. 

Something I have found from watching these speeches is that even though there were a lot of pro-slavery stories there were many anti-slavery speeches that had strong resining for going against slavery. To me, this shows how there is a lot more to proving the wrongs of slavery than the good. I feel that learning from both sides of the town hall meetings can help to find a better understanding of how the thoughts of everyone's beliefs came together.