Clifford Horner's slave life

My name is Clifford Horner. Im 87 years old. When I was 5 years old I was sold to a white men whose name was Dickson Morse. It took almost three days to get to the south. when we got to the south it was full of beautiful rich houses with nice cut grass and sorrounded with a lot of big, green trees. Later around 6:00 p.m. Dickson Morse gave me a delicious plate of dinner, and then he showed me his room. The room was dark and creepy it was filled with spiderwebs, and with a 6 times 4 window.

The next day was not as good as the day before. My owner Dickson Morse took me to my job. My job was to work on aplantation picking up cotton. I worked for hours and hours on the sun with out stoping. After a while my owner started wiping me , and not giving me nothing to eat. when i turn 12 my owner die of a fever. i was then set free. At first I was so exited because Ithought that I would had a chance to meet my family again. Unfortunately I didn't until I was 18 yeras old. I sometimes consider my self as a lucky men since my life was not as cruel as other's slave lifes.

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VALUES

WHAT DO I VALUE MY FAMILY, STUFFS THAT I BUY, AND MY EDUCATION?

To start with I value my family the most since is something that for me is important. My familyare the onlyones that have been their for me ever since I was little.their the ones that have helped me be were I am right now. Their the ones who I could trust eveytime im in trouble.

To continue thing that I buy is the second thing that i value the most. everytime my that would buy me something he will tell me "take care of it because the things cost". I would never listen to him. This past summer I started working doing the same thing as my that(constructio) but in a diffent place. Their I started to value more my stuffs and I understood when my dad use to tell me "things cost". It really hurt when i had to buy something with the money that came from my hard work.

To finish with education is something that I value the most as well. I value the most education since is an oportunity that I have to succeed. I value education too because I know that theirs a lot of people that wants an oppurtinity like mine. I also value education because I have already experience a life with out education.

A LITTLE ABOUT ME

TELL US SOMETHING YOU HAVE DONE THAT NO ONE IN THIS CLASS HAS DONE?



Something that i have done that no one in this class has done is worked on construction all summer from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.





PROVIDE THREE ADJECTIVES FOR YOURSELF



The three adjectives that describe me are

1. energetic


2. artistic


3. intelligent

GIVE US A BRIEF HISTORY OF YOUR NAME

Long ago when my mom was pregnet of me, she got biten on the stamach by a black widow on her way to see la virgen de san Juan. My dad wich was with her took her to the nearest hospital inmedietly. Ones they got their the doctor said to him that it was going to be inposible for me to survibe. My dad got pist and scream to the the best so we could be safe. Thanks to god we god safe. My grandmother told my mom to named me as Juan. I haded to be named juan since my grandmothertold the virgin that if she safed me i was going to be namedas her named wich is Juan.

15 FUN GOALS I WANT TO ACCOMPLISH

1. go to all the school dances
2. go to sixflags on halloween
3. learn how to drive
4. go fishing in the ice
5. go out with a girl name Maria
6. finish my painting
7. go on vocations
8. lose weight
9. go to the ranch with my uncle
10. go hunting
11. have my own room
12. get my self a labtop
13. go to indiana for vacations
14. play in a soccer team
15. shoot with a paint gun