I find this to be a full circle moment for the abolitionists

WHy should they tolerate being represented by people who cannot empathize with them nor understand their experiences.

It seems that Douglass finally had the veil lifted and he came to terms with the reality of the situation.

This would require the sentiment to be reciprocated, which it clearly was not as evidenced by the anti-abolitionist mobs and violent attacks, let alone the censure of abolitionist speakers.

Emphasizes the idea of equality among all humans

Douglass was pursuing fame and recognition and with that came face time with white politicians and abolitionists. It is likely that the pressure to appeal to both sides gave him cause to take a moderate approach.

Reads to me "Violence for any reason is more evil than the act of enslaving human beings"

Here he highlights the lack of change resulting from nonviolent ideals.

sounds very constitutional in nature

This is an incredible underrepresentation of the population who were immediately impacted by the local voting agendas.

This reaffirms my sentiments on the earlier marketing of a nonviolent response alongside reciting Christian morals being ill-suited to an immediate change or response and taking more generations of enslaved people through these experiences with the promise that Christian ideals wouldl save them.

awesome, so powerful and courageous.

agreed. It promoted self-sacrifice among enslaved people in the face of violence.

demonstrates an infantilism of enslaved people that needed a white rescuer to tell them what to do and speak for them

How is what Garrison believed would be the outcome of rebellions any different than what they were already enduring?

A return back to the hopeless hope that it will fix itself through some sort of magical "epiphany". War and bloodshed are certainly no small matter and not something to be considered lightly, but it was already happening. It was being engaged in by the slaveowners, traders, captors, militias, and slavery supporters toward any black person. How can pacificism and peace protect them from the violence being done to them?

They needed to be seen and heard and show slaveowners just a small amount of the agony they have endured over their lifetimes.

Patience to wait for the moral reform of their oppressors while they continue to be demoralized, dehumanized, and terrorized with violence and utter lack of respect for their role as living beings is almost a laughable request. Just wait and everything will turn out fine... don't do anything and the world will fix itself. I can't say that I can align myself with these ideologies. It almost seems to sympathize with slaveowners and gaslight enslaved people to continue to ride it out until they recognized the error of their ways through repeated moral questioning.

This feels naive to believe that he could reach enough slaveowners and supporters of slavery to admit their wrongdoing and change their ways. Especially in a timely manner. Maybe over decades there would be progress but ultimately, relying on people to educate themselves, be open to changing their mind, or critically thinking about what they are being told and their part in it is a lot to ask from people who systemically dismantled the identities of all those they enslaved for the purpose of capital gains and prestige.

I feel that some implicit bias may be present in Garrisons approach to his emancipation ideologies. Not being a black or enslaved person, he did not fully understand the experiences of these people and thus may have harbored some sentiment towards his white countrymen which helped him hang onto his pacifist pretense of emancipation the educating slaveowners of their wrongdoing.

This is an amazing act of compassion for people of varying circumstances and gives a sense of community and empathy among all of the oppressed population. Using their unique advantages to help others less fortunate to bring justice to their entire community is inspiring and reminds us that we are all responsible to our communities and those with less advantages than we may have, how few they may be.

I like the way this is worded and makes you think about the framing of Walker's publication and its content.

This iterates the sentiment that self-defense with the use of violence was not only called for but necessary.

This mentality shows the desperation to change how enslaved populations were living and being treated

this statement gives a sense of hope, light at the end of the tunnel. If they could do it, overcome their oppressors, then we can do it too.

This highlights my initial sentiment on the rebellion responses.

I believe this is a fight fire with fire scenario. Trying to live under the conditions that they were placed became more and more inhumane as time went on and they were dehumanized along the way to the point where slaves were regarded as not human at all but property. It is no wonder that this is the only way they saw out of their circumstances, and I don't know that they had any other choice. Any attempt at fleeing or peaceful dismissal was met with brutality by slaveowners. Extreme reactions to extreme maltreatment is not unwarranted.

Clear example of oppression using terror, violence, and force to keep people under their authority.

Cherokee policy seems to be very fluid, adaptive and somewhat progressive as demonstrated by their ability to adhere to traditional values while incorporating new laws alongside their shift from clan decisions to a more centralized government. Also along this same thought process, their acceptance of new ways of doing things brought to them by missionaries and settlers while discarding practices that were not valuable to them demonstrates a progressiveness that the Cherokee use to push their society forward with the times.

This seems like an oversimplification of the considerations that people must take in choices for their health. It is not irrational to consider the poor application of a vaccine that requires care that people are not able to commit to. Is it irrational to consider ones ability to continue being a part of their community and their livelihood? I would not be able to miss 18 days of work, I doubt that anyone working in agricultural settings would either.

This gives the sense that the Cherokee were under the assumption that any entertaining of the ideas of the US government on citizenship was merely for show and that they were on their own either way.

The removal policy is something I feel contributed greatly to the manifest destiny perspective and what we see in contemporary times with reservations and the poor living conditions, poverty, lack of resources that are still affecting many of the native populations of the United States.

this highlights the challenges students face in actually learning, the measurement of success is not based on the quality of learning but rather meeting expectations of others.

I can see how this message would deter students from engaging with different approaches to the subject matter out of fear of failure. Consider writing prompts that have very specific criteria and maybe an instructor that has explicitly stated opinions on the subject- this can create an environment where students are formulating their writing or argument based on the perspective of the teacher and their expectations rather than their personal perspective.

I feel this is representative of my feelings regarding grades. In the past, my focus on receiving the best possible grade has made my interest in learning the materials less robust and created a sense of resentment towards the work I was assigned to do.

I would agree with this statement. Attaching arbitrary values to measure the development of knowledge is not truly representative of what was gained from their education or learning environment.