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Citizenship

being born in a certain place having a relation with a certain race a melting pot of every creed and color yet one race with each other being born in the United States each of us having a different face yet being here by Gods grace a freedom found like in no other place from persecutions some escaped to a better dream a new land scape a struggle to get here where hope would strive certain reward if you just stayed alive to give themselves rights they dared unalienable rights the fathers declaired we fight for those freedoms everyday even though we fight from a grave no one asked the ones who died slaves if they had the right to make them slaves? even thought the rights they gave themselves didn't apply to slaves though they bred children and taught them Gods way they were still slaves and now that freedom has found equality does that standard still apply? where they're rights still out weigh those who were denied (to be continued)

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Date: 9/10/2014 2:12:00 PM
The past was very hard on many people who were slaves, indentured servants, and some who remained poor or in poverty all their lives..Great work so far about one topic of that era..I know the finished work will be grand..Sara
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Date: 8/19/2014 5:35:00 PM
I can see where this is coming from. There is some title of a song? Freedom is a long time coming. Or something like that. So true, so unfortunately true.
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Date: 8/19/2014 5:06:00 PM
Nice write.. I would like to see the continuation : ) All the best - Doris
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