WhatWouldYouDoScenario1

=Back= = Scenario 1: = You were born in to slavery in a boarder state. You’ve toiled in the fields and have endured physical hardships, including one injury that nearly took your life. You have watched as your master sold many of your siblings to far away lands with little hope that you will ever see them again. Your master has rented your labor out to numerous other masters. While you can never be certain how these other masters will treat you, you can enjoy a little freedom so long as you continue to pay your master, you can pocket a little extra earned money and a bit more freedom than you enjoyed previously. Though unable to legally marry, you have vowed always to love your “husband” Now the world as you know it is about to be shattered, as your master pledges to sell you away from your family to satisfy his many debts. You have attempted to flee once already, with your brothers. However, this attempt failed miserably making the master angry and more determined to sell you away.

 What should you do?  1. Accept your fate. Sure you will be torn on the inside, but what can you do?  2. Pledge to work even harder and beg the master to give you time to purchase your freedom.  3. Run and hide in the nearby woods. Soon enough, your master will realize how valuable your wishes are and will reconsider.  4. Leave your family behind and flee to the North, though you are not sure how to get there. You promise to come back for them some day. 5. Attempt to make the escape with your entire family, realizing that the children will slow your travels.

 On your paper, write the decision you made and why. You must have at least 3 sentences to justify your answer.

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