SEPTEMBER 22 1776 THE EXECUTION OF NATHAN HALE IT IS TIME TO HANG THIS SPY ARE YOU SURE CAN'T WE GET ONE MORE STORY OUT OF HIM FIRST HIS STORIES ARE ALL THE SAME OOOH ISNT AMERICA SPECIALI ISN'T AMERICA GREAT EVERYTHING AMERICA DOES IS PERFECT AMERICA IS NOT PERFECT THEN TELL US A STORY ABOUT HOW BAD AMERICA IS I AM A PATRIOT 1 WILL DO NO SUCH THING HAH I KNEW IT YOU ARE BLIND TO AMERICA'S FLAWS ONCE AMERICA STEPPED ON A BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY AND HURT ITS WITTLE WINGIES MUCH WORSE THAN THAT I MOST CERTAINLY AM NOT TRUST ME AMERICA HAS DONE A LOT OF TERRIBLE THINGS AMERICA STEPPED ON TWO BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES
AMERICA HAS TAKEN PART IN SOME TRULY HORRIBLE DESPICABLE ABOMINABLE ATROCIOUS DOWNRIGHT EVIL ACTS SLAVERY MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN WERE STOLEN FROM AFRICA AND BROUGHT TO AMERICA IN CHAINS TO LIVE LABOR AND DIE AS HUMAN PROPERTY WELL NAME ONE YEAH THAT'S EVIL GREAT BRITAIN A PRACTICE BEGUN IN THE 1500S BY PORTUGAL THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE BROUGHT SLAVES TO THE AMERICAS FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS EUROPE WHALE OIL NORTH AMERICA LUMBER MANUFACTURED GOODS TOBACCO IRON RUM GUNS CLOTH RAW MATERIALS SUGAR MOLASSES THE TRIANGULAR TRADE MANUFACTURED GOODS THE UNITED STATES DECLARED ITS FREEDOM IN 1776 BUT CONTINUED TO TOLERATE SLAVERY FOR NEARLY A CENTURY WEST SLAVES INDIES SOUTH AMERICA THE LAND OF THE FREE WAS A PRISON FOR MANY SLAVE MORE LIKE THE LAND OF HUMAN SUFFERING I HATE HUMAN SLAVES COAST AFRICA SUFFERING WHERE THERE ARE HUMANS THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SUFFERING THIS STORY IS ABOUT SOMEONE WHO DID HER BEST TO STOP THE SUFFERING AROUND HER HER NAME WAS ARAMINTA
CHAPTER 1 AT AGE SIX SHE ALREADY HAD A JOB AS A WEAVER'S HELPER NO DO IT LIKE THIS NO NO NO IT'S SIMPLE LIKE THIS ARAMINTA WAS A SLAVE LIKE THIS MISSUS CHOO VGH YOU ARE NO HELP AT ALL WORSE THAN VSELESS SHE'S SLOW AND DOESN'T DO IT RIGHT HOW IS SHE DOING WE SHOULD SEND HER BACK MINTY YOU COME HELP ME OUTSIDE THIS IS A MUSKRAT TRAP CHECK FOR MUSKRATS YES SIR I HAVE THEM SET UP ALL OVER THIS SWAMP I WANT YOU TO WADE IN AND CHECK THEM THAT'S RIGHT IN YOU GO
EVERY DAY ARAMINTA WOULD WADE INTO THE SWAMP WHAT WERE THE MUSKRATS FOR MUSKRAT PELTS ARE FULLEST WHEN THE WEATHER IS COLD THE COOK FAMILY MADE MONEY SELLING PELTS THE COLDER IT WAS THE MORE TIME ARAMINTA SPENT IN THE SWAMP ANY FULL TRAPS MINTY YOU'RE TRAPPED JUST LIKE ME AIN'T YOU NO SIR YOU DIDN'T LOOK CLOSE ENOUGH GO CHECK EM AGAIN SHE'S ABOUT AS HELPFUL AS A DROWNED RAT A DOLLAR A MONTH YES SIR HOW MUCH ARE WE PAYIN FOR HER THAT'S TOO MUCH
