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Article: What are you thinking, Benjamin?(Short Story)
- Article from:
- Boy's Quest
- Article date:
- June 1, 2002
- Author:
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What are you thinking? The wind whispered in Benjamin's ear as he raced down the slope to the Patapsco River. Benjamin thought about his father and grandfather who were slaves, now free. He thought about what it must have been like to be chained and dragged to a platform. He thought about what it must have been like to have a thousand eyes star at you, sneering, placing a price on your head. Chills ran down his back. We are all created equal, he thought.
The sun nearly set behind the rounded hills and tall trees as Benjamin made his way back home. His house was simple -- a log cabin that his grandmother built when she was freed. She too had been enslaved, an ...
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