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Thursda3 April 17, 2014
N/Warren
Town and County News
Page Eleven
ESSAYS
Concluded from p. 10
black perspn offending or hurting a white person. The
black families did not have as nice of clothes. They only
wore shoes for special occasions. "Little Man turned
around and watched saucer-eyed as a bus bore down
on him spewing clouds of red dust like a huge yellow
dragon breathing fire" (Taylor, p 13). The black schools
did not even have school buses, so the black children
had to walk every day, and some of them lived miles
from their school. Black people were basically slaves.
"All ditches, turn-rows, bridges, fences, etc. on said land
shall be kept in proper condition by said Dawson, or at
his expense" (Knopf, p 1). The sharecroppers who agree
to a contract often cannot read, so they have to trust the
landlord to be honest. Some contracts are not specific
enough. What defines "proper condition?" It could from
be anywhere from terrible to flawless. With impossible
expectations, the sharecropper will not be able to meet
the goal. They would then receive the punis .hment for
failure to reach the goal.
Black people are equal to white people now, but the
Emancipation Proclamation and the Reconstruction Era
failed to completely end segregation because the white
people disagreed with the new laws. Mildred D. Taylor
accurafely depicted the time period of Roll of Thunder,
Hear My Cry. Black people were treated poorly in the
time period of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
History vs. Reality - Reconstruction Era
By Pauline Scribano
What wasthe purpose of the Emancipation Procla-
mation? What happened to the freed slaves in the South
during the Reconstruction Era? How did their lives
change after they were offered freedom? Blacks who
were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation had hopes
for the way life would be, were faced with the misery of
reality, and were accurately portrayed in Mildred D.
Taylor's novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Through-
out this paper, you will read about what was intended
croppers and black families following Reconstruction.
The story takes place in the 1930s, when sharecropping
was very common. Many of the families in the story were
sharecroppers of the Granger Plantation. Mr. Granger
pressured his sharecroppers to do what he wanted, like
shopping at the Wallace Store which was run by a nasty
white family. The black families were definitely not
treated equally or fairly to the whites. An example of
this is seen with the school kids. When the students of
the black school found out that they would be getting
textbooks to read from, they were very excited. How-
ever, much to their surprise, "... the covers of the books,
a motley red, were badly worn and.., the gray edges of
the pages had been marred by pencils, crayons, and ink"
(Taylor, p 21). The books had once belonged to the white
kids' school, but got passed down to the black school
because they didn't want them anymore. Also, the white
kids had a bus, but the black kids did not. The bus often
tried to spray the Logan kids with muddy water for
entertainment while on its way to school. This infuri-
ated the Logans, especially Little Man, who was always
meticulously neat. Another way the novel was accurate
was because the author wrote about these white men
who were called the night riders. If a black person tried
to stand up for their rights or argue with their land-
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tion Proclamation in 1863 during the Civil War. The
original purpose of this document was to keep the
United States together, although it also ended up being
about freeing the slaves. Several states were threaten-
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the proclamation as a punishment for their rebellion.
When Abraham Lincoln created the Emancipation Proc-
lamation, he wanted to inspire blacks and slaves to join
the Union Army by setting them free. He wanted them
"... to support the Union cause and to keep England and
France from giving political recognition and military
aid to the Confederacy" (Lincoln, p 1). In other words,
Lincoln didn't want England and France to recognize
the Confederacy, or southern states, as powerful and
want to support them. If they realized this, then they
might have sent over weapons that could help them wiri
the war. By creating the Emancipation Proclamation,
Lincoln hoped that the freed slaves would come to the
North and help guarantee that the Union Army would
win. The newly freed slaves envisioned a freedom where
they could have their own homes and better jobs that
paid fair wages so they could afford things they needed.
Unfortunately, for many former slaves, the Reconstruc-
tion Era after the war did not guarantee a wonderful
owner, then the night riders would come after them.
They hurt and sometimes killed black people. Mildred
Taylor did a good job of describing the fear they brought
into black peoples' lives. In the story, they came after
several families. The Berrys were one of these families.
The night riders "... pouted kerosene over Mr. Berry and
his nephews and lit ther0 afire" (Taylor, p 98). Taylor
also shows the unfairness of the justice system when
we find out that TJ will be killed, even though the Simms
brothers were the ones responsible for Mr. Barnett's
death.
As you can see, the Reconstruction Era and freedom
was not at all like what the freed slaves had hoped it
would be. Blacks living during the Reconstruction Era
had hopes for a better way of life, were faced with the
rfiisery of reality, and were accurately portrayed in
Mildred D. Taylor's novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
The novel showed how much the black people valued
their freedom, but also showed how difficult it was to
get through each day and survive. The attitudes of many
whites in the South during Reconstruction did not
change and the whites still wanted power and control
over blacks. Even though President Lincoln freed the
slaves, it would be a long time before they ever truly
felt free.
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life.
The Reconstruction Era was not what it seemed like
it would be for the black people because the Emancipa-
tion Proclamation was limited in severaf ways. First, the
Emancipation Proclamation was limited because it de-
pended on the Union winning the war. If the Confed-
eracy won, then they would have formed their own
government and would have kept their slaves. Also, "It
applied only to states that had seceded from the Union,
leaving slavery untouched in the loyal border states"
(Lincoln, p 1). This means that the states that had tried
to pull away from the United States because they had
wanted slavery were the only ones whose slaves would
be free. Several other states were allowed to keep their
slaves. Attitudes of white people towards the black
people did not change just because they became free.
There was a lot of hatred and mistreatment of them and
it was difficult for those who tried to start a new life.
Many freed slaves had no money and nowhere to go
and ended up as sharecroppers, tending land that be-
longed to white people. The sharecroppers made very
little money because most of their profit went to the
landowners, who often overcharged them. "Landown-
ers could keep the sharecroppers in debt, and thereby
control them" (p 11).
In the novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Mildred D.
Taylor depicted an accurate portrayal of life for share-
Quorn Spinach &
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This delicious, veggie-ful
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Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Makes one I2" pizza
(6 servings)
'~*: .... 2 tsp. olive oil
-. ~ ~ 1 small onion, thinly
6"J sliced (about 1 cup)
..... 1 pkg. (8 oz.) sliced
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mushrooms
2 Tbsp. white wine or
vegetable broth
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½ tsp. freshly ground
black pepper
Dash nutmeg
4 cups baby spinach
leaves
6 Quorn Meatless
Meatballs
This delicious pizza Is made
with mycoprotein that is
lower in fat and higher in
fiber than those made with
real meatballs.
½ cup prepared tomato
sauce
1 prepared 12-inch
(10-oz.) 100% whole
wheat, thin-crust-
style pizza crust
I cup shredded part
skim mozzarella
cheese
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400°F
1. Heat oil in large skil-
let on medium-high heat.
Add onions, saut4 2 min-
utes or until softened.
Stir in mushrooms and
wine. Cook, stirring occa-
sionally, 2-3 more min-
utes, or until liquid is
evaporated. Season with
salt, pepper and nutmeg.
Kiddie Mac & Cheese &
QuornTM Cones
This easy recipe turns an
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Makes about 6 servings
(about 4 cups
Quorn Mac & Cheese
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Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
• 2 tsp. canola or
vegetable oil
½ small onion, finely
chopped (about ½ cup)
I cup Quorn Grounds
½ tsp. garlic powder
½ cup broccoli florets,
chopped
1 box (6 oz.) Shells &
Real Aged Cheddar-
style Macaroni &
Cheese mix
12 small wafer, fiat-
bottomed ice cream
cones (1 box, L2 oe. each)
Shredded Parmesan
cheese, as needed
Stir in spinach leaves Instructions
until just wilted. Remove 1. Heat oil in medium
from heat. skillet over medium-high
2. Place Quorn Meat- heat. Add onions; cook,
less Meatballs and tomato while stirring 3-4 minutes
sauce in a small saucepot, or until softened. Stir in
Cover and simmer, stir- Quoru" Grounds, garlic,
ring occasionally, on broccoli and ½ cup water.
medium heat 15-18 min- Simmer, stirring ocea-
utes. Remove Meatless sionally, until liquid has
Meatballs from pot, cool evaporated and broccoli
slightly, then cut each in is just tender risp. Cover
half; set aside, to keep warm, set aside.
3. Spread remaining 2. Meanwhile, eook Mac-
sauce evenly onto pizza aroni & Cheese as per
crust to within ½ inch package directions. Stir
from the edge- Top evenly in Quorn broccoli mixture-
with mushroom-spinach 3. To serve, spoon about
mixture, then Meatless ½ cup of the macaroni,
Meatball halve~ Sprinkle Quorn and broccoli mix-
with mozzarella cheese ture into each cone. Top
and place on baking sheet with some Parmesan
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