Tactics regarding abolition were constantly being contested by blackleaders,especiallywhen it came to the idea of moral suasion. Persuadingaslavesocietyof the evilsof bondagewasone thing;not respondingto that evilwith violencefelt counterintuitiv
Interesting point, it seems logical that one would have to and in fact, want to fight their way to freedom after being under shackles for the majority of their life
an old Indian doctor hadscratched his whole body [with a saw-shaped lower jaw of a fish]and rubbed it with the juice of certain herbs. . . . The doctor extracteda little horn of blood from his forehead and back of his head, whichprovided him with the desired proof against headaches
This is interesting, shows how the Native people had their own ways of healing and their knowledge of herbal medicine is probably better than even ours now
Most Cherokee people never seriouslyconsidered second-class citizenship in the United States; instead, theydebated and adjusted their social policy to determine how best tocare for one another in an altered international landscape.
This makes sense, the Cherokee have their own sense of identity and pride which is based on the collective of their community members, rather than conforming to the identity of a homogenous United States
“Like it or not, grading is here to stay”
While this may be true, why are we not spending more time looking at alternative options, such as more holistic approaches