Waldo Butrick 
September 18, 1850 they passed the Fugitive slave
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I am a 48-year-old man living in
an old shack in South Carolina. I
live everyday life working for
myself along side with my slaves.
Networks: South Carolina
Relationship Status: Widowed
Siblings: Paul Mitchell
Birthday: February 14, 1812
Political Views: Whatever is more
convenient for me.
Religious View: Catholic
law today. So if my slaves run away to the north
September 18, 1851 it's been a year since I've been on
Facebook. But today word got out of a new newspaper
called the "New York Times". And I tell you; they have
some folks that can really write a good piece of literature.
March 6, 1857 Dred Scott vs. Sanford today the Supreme
Court ruled that Black slaves couldn’t sue for freedom. I
tell you things get a bit unfair for these kinds of people.
November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected
president today.
December 20, 1860 today we seceded from the Union. It
seems we don’t agree about many things. They don’t like
the idea of me owning slaves, but I don’t treat my slaves
December 24, 1860 we issued the "Declaration of the
Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the
Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union".
It's our Declaration of Independence to the North.
February 9, 1861 the south got a new name today, the
Confederacy. Sounds fancy, hopefully the guy running this
place, Jefferson Davis, won’t get full of himself and do
something stupid.
April 12, 1861 Fort Sumter was attacked down in
Charleston. The Union started this, so of course we’ll
retort. LINCON! CONISDER THIS WAR!
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I am a 48-year-old man living in
an old shack in South Carolina. I
live everyday life working for
myself along side with my slaves.
Networks: South Carolina
Relationship Status: Widowed
Siblings: Paul Mitchell
Birthday: February 14, 1812
Political Views: Whatever is more
convenient for me.
Religious View: Christian
Dolor Sit Amet
 
Favorite Books: I don’t read much my
favorites are: Edgar Huntly, Charlotte Temple.
Favorite Music: Over the hills and far away,
Katy Cruel, and Nancy Dawson.
Hobbies: Work and eating beans and making
beans. I also love to work. It’s the only thing
that keeps me moving.
About Me: I grew up in what you may now
know as the south along with my stepbrother.
My father had owned a farm, which is now a
plantation. After a long period of time, my
father handed the farm over to me and my
brother went west to seek his fortume.
When I started this plantation I purchased
some slaves at the nearest town. It might seem
odd for some folks here, but I let them sleep in
my house (They aren’t many) and I help them
with the farm work. I teat them like human
beings. Although at times the law can seem
unfair for them, I try my best to give these
people a good and steady life.
I haven’t seen my brother in YEARS. One day
I hope to see him again and hopefully he is
still in one piece.
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myself along side with my slaves.
Networks: South Carolina
Relationship Status: Widowed
Siblings: Paul Mitchell
Birthday: February 14, 1812
Political Views: Whatever is more
convenient for me.
Religious View: Christian
Dolor Sit Amet
 
NOTE #1
Note 1: What is slavery and why does it exist?
Slavery has existed in this world in many forms even before
the Jamestown colony. It was a way to pay off debt; people
were used as money and also simply a way to use currency.
The reason it still exists is because people will always have
to pay money or will always need a financial boost. In the
Americas though, it was a whole business. The slavery
issue was one of the best ways to make money and also the
best way to do work from cheap labor. People like Eli
Whitney, Democrats, politicians, and even famous figures
influenced people into slavery and made it an okay thing for
their society.
Years later near the civil war, people from the north
eventually had enough common sense to figure out that
enslaving a human is a horrible act and inhumane, and it
should be abolished. People from the south didn’t agree
because it was where their major source of income and they
didn’t want to use it. When the north threatened
abolishment the south felt economically threatened and
attempted to succeed. War was fought over the slavery
business and over the loss of huge amounts of money and
power. That’s the only reason slavery exists. Wealth and
power. And to achieve this wealth and power people needed
slavery gave both. Slavery also in many areas in this world
also gave and made a foundation for the history of countries
and has had a similar effect on our economies and way of
life. Especially life during colonial times, which made the
old times seem not so hard.
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live everyday life working for
myself along side with my slaves.
Networks: South Carolina
Relationship Status: Widowed
Siblings: Paul Mitchell
Birthday: February 14, 1812
Political Views: Whatever is more
convenient for me.
Religious View: Christian
Dolor Sit Amet
 
NOTE #2
Was this war
worth it?
Some may call it “ideals” or “reasons to fight” in the
revolutionary war. But the reality to fight in the war
was in the name itself, “Revolution”. These colonists
wouldn’t take any more from the British. They were
taxed; taken advantage of and most importantly had
broken souls. Whether they had the money, power and
strength or not, they were going to have a revolution
and turn things around. Many activists also agreed in
what the colonists and people living in the colonies
were proposing when they felt like succeeding from
Great Britain.
Of course then there are the people who say war can be
avoided. The healthy human mind will act the same
with every person in the world. Our instinct to survive
and claim our territory wasn’t going to fail our
ancestors now. The economy after the war started was
pretty bad. The majority was middle class, which was
farmers, artisans, ship builders etc. The rest were
people who came to this country with the intention of
working for no pay for a certain amount of years
(sounds like slavery). Anyway, the colonial American
economy was so bad, the battle forces had to use a
monetary system called the continental, which was
worth less than an actual shilling and had no value
whatsoever, it was easily counterfeited, and was then
put out of circulation. By the time the colonies won the
war, it became a project, like this school. There were no
people interested and that the war was just a fluke. But
it all changed after the United States gained more land
and had their own history to make.
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Paul and me Me and Paul in the barn

Me
Paul and me

My work buddies and me. My family and me

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I’m getting old; this is the modern Butrick

family.
Me getting ready for a party.

Paul in the war. He sent this to me.

My wonderful slaves.

Paul’s buddies.
My slaves having a little party.
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Paul’s superiors.

Paul’s colleagues.

What used to be my wife.

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Image links:

http://www.old-picture.com/civil-war/pictures/Contrabands.jpg

http://www.slaverysite.com/images/4a39468u%20-
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Website Bibliography:

• ?, P. (n.d.). The Civil War. The Civil War. Retrieved March 26, 2010, from
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/

• The American Civil War Homepage. (n.d.). University of Tennessee: SunSITE. Retrieved March 26,
2010, from http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html

• The Civil War | PBS. (n.d.). PBS. Retrieved March 26, 2010, from http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/

• The South During the Civil War. (n.d.). American Memory from the Library of Congress - Home Page.
Retrieved March 26, 2010, from
http://memory.loc.gov/learn//features/timeline/civilwar/southwar/south.html