ALYSSA BLOG 2
After my first few days in Virginia, I learned a lot. I became more aware of the controversial issue of slavery and virginia's involvement with it, and how the fight is still relevant now in 2016 so many years later. I am feeling annoyed that the African American community of richmond and surrounding areas still dont have justice over a hundred years after the civil war.
The walk on the slave trail opened my eyes. I was struggling because i cannot imagine what the life of a slave was like. It is impossible for me to imagine the struggles they went through, but i had to try. The end of the trail tho, at the cemetery, i felt very sad and grave. The vibes at the Lumpkins slave auction house and slave cemetery hit me, and my being here reinforced the pain African Americans had suffered, and still suffer.
At the halfway mark of the trip, i felt less angry at virginia, more sympathetic towards the groups of people that are still, to this day fighting for awareness and justice of the black community.
The walk on the slave trail opened my eyes. I was struggling because i cannot imagine what the life of a slave was like. It is impossible for me to imagine the struggles they went through, but i had to try. The end of the trail tho, at the cemetery, i felt very sad and grave. The vibes at the Lumpkins slave auction house and slave cemetery hit me, and my being here reinforced the pain African Americans had suffered, and still suffer.
At the halfway mark of the trip, i felt less angry at virginia, more sympathetic towards the groups of people that are still, to this day fighting for awareness and justice of the black community.
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