Friday, 3 February 2012

The Black Loyalist

Dear Mrs. Norrington,

                Please, would you be ever so kind to read this to my ma and pa.

I want you and pa to know that I am better off with my new owner. He is teaching me to read and write so I can send messages like this to you. It is amazing the power of spoken and written words. I have seen the power of them. I am trying to convince the government to stop this war. The British have all of the right to put a tax on anything. They sacrificed their blood sweat and tears for this country. They fought and won against the French. That’s the thanks they get, contradiction.

I’ve been sent out of house and home because I believe this but I don’t care. You should believe it too.

Your son,

                Owafo Brown

1 comment:

  1. Dear Owafo,
    YOU ARE WRONG. I am a trader and I know that these taxes are absurd, I mean really They are damaging us, the trader's businesses.They have no right. You should just join me, join us to stop these taxes.

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