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==== Cameron Bryant – Former Slave, 1860 ====

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I have fled all along, but not anymore. I have fled from my past masters, from slavery, from unjust oppression, but now is not the time to keep running away from my problems. The world is changing for the best, and I too must change. Even some of our white brothers have started to realize that we, despite our differences in color, are people as well. Why should I keep running away from a place where I have found my lost brothers? ======

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 We have fled all along, but not anymore. The campaign of 1860 will prove to be a turning point in the history of our people. We will finally be able to free ourselves from the fetters that constrain us; we will be able to spread our wings and show the world that we are not mere tools. In fact, just last year, Kansas and Missouri stopped bleeding – bleeding from the scars left by a whip called open violence against abolitionists. The drafting of the Wyandotte Constitution has demonstrated that we won’t be suffering much longer. We must stand strong, and see to that better future in which the color of the skin is not an indication of status. ======

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They have fled all along, but not anymore. They have started to face the fact that Black or White, humans are humans. The formerly powerful Democratic Party has split into two, and the Republican Party is willing to stop the expansion of slavery. Abraham Lincoln will win the elections, then slavery will extinguish, I am sure, and they will realize that they have been wrong from the beginning. Lincoln is a smart man – he does not try to abolish the wrongs immediately, but he hopes to gradually eliminate and make up for the mistakes of the white people. He proclaimed in his 1858 speech, “A House Divided,” that slavery is a cancer that spreads quickly throughout the nation – this is the truth, and such tumor must be contained. ======

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 You have fled all along too, dear reader. But you will not run away anymore. If you are an individual of reason, you will not let the United States of America be affected by a cancerous disease. It isn’t too late to save our nation. America has been a land of dreams and opportunities for many people; you can help fight against this cancer and vote against slavery. You cannot pretend not to see the problem anymore. The 1860 election is the perfect chance to solve that imminent problem, and your one vote means a lot to the United States: don’t let the cancer kill the great eagle. ======

"Wesley Harris." __The Trailblazers: Their Stories__. University of Virginia. 27 Aug. 2008 .
PS. I feel really guilty to have used a non-former-slave person's image as my persona's picture; I'm sure Mr.Wesley Harris will find this page insulting.