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CheeseburgerTom [2014-03-29 17:22:43 +0000 UTC]
Why was slavery relegalized, and why was July enslaved?
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Chamberlain-Complex In reply to CheeseburgerTom [2014-03-29 18:18:28 +0000 UTC]
In July's time and place, slavery hasn't been re-legalized so much as re-interpreted. Forced labor as a punishment for those duly convicted of a crime is allowed under the 13th Amendment. The people in charge decided that putting a section of the female population to work as slaves seemed like a great economic plan. July was caught up in a mass arrest of university co-eds and sentenced to twenty years as a "proprietary laborer", a slave owned and used by a private enterprise. Despite having asthma, she was found to be fit for a wide variety of work assignments.
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CheeseburgerTom In reply to Chamberlain-Complex [2014-03-30 01:35:16 +0000 UTC]
Wow! Β It sounds like she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time when the authorities decided to screw over some women and didn't actually commit any crime. Β Very sad.
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Chamberlain-Complex In reply to CheeseburgerTom [2014-03-30 06:06:35 +0000 UTC]
True enough, she committed no crime-- at least nothing that's currently illegal. As far as the wrong place at the wrong time, well I guess it was her bad luck to be of age in the wrong sector of North America, during the wrong decades.
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johntofte [2013-03-13 13:06:35 +0000 UTC]
July enjoyed her walks in the mountains - The cool freash air was good for her asthma.
But that is all in the past. The Polk compagny has fortunately since made her useful.
Now in the hot and dusty gravel pit at Polks, and the work places, she is leased out to, the whip must compensate for her asthma, so her owners will not lose money, and everybody can be happy.
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Chamberlain-Complex In reply to johntofte [2013-03-14 03:36:01 +0000 UTC]
Everybody's happy now, except poor July. She misses those pleasant days of freedom when she could wear what she wanted, go where she wanted, do what she wanted. Memories can sustain you-- almost as much as bread and soup.
July's story will evolve and continue...
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