Journal of a Subordinate Groups Member

Identify and describe which, if any, of these creation and consequence situations the

group has faced:

o Creation: migration, annexation, or colonization

o Consequences: extermination, expulsion, secession, segregation, fusion, or

assimilation

Write a fictional, first-person account of the creation and consequence situations of a subordinate group in the United States in the form of a 700- to 1,050-word journal entry.

Describe, as if you were a member of that subordinate group, where the group

originated, how it came to the United States, and one or two locations in the United States where members of your group live. Be creative in your fictional descriptions, but accurate with your facts. Search through chapters of the text, the Internet, or the University Library for information about your chosen group. Of particular usefulness is the People section of the U.S. Census Bureau American Fact Finder Web site at

My name is Hati Williams and I am an African American who was migrated in the Domestic Slave Trade in the year 1800. I was born in the United States to William and Martha Williams in 1787. I lived in Virginia until the tender age of 13, at which time I was sold and transported to South Carolina to work on a cotton plantation. The trip from Virginia to South Carolina was extremely long and physically difficult. We walked chained in a coffle formation consisting of approximately 30 girls close to my age. There was rope tied around my neck like a halter that was about the size of a bed cord. The journey was terrible. We walked hundreds of miles and it took over six to reach our destination. We occasionally got to sleep in tents on the journey, but the majority of the time we slept on the ground with no blankets or shelter regardless of the weather conditions. Upon my arrival in South Carolina, the trader who transported hundreds of my people removed the rope from my neck and prepared me for market. The trader was a very mean man. He stood over us with a...