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- What unusual item does the Preacher possess that most other men of religion do not? How do most people in Buxton believe that he got the item?
- Why does the Preacher tell Elijah that he can't make up his mind whether "chunking rocks" is gift from God or conjuring? Which does he decide it is?
- Explain why Elijah Freeman's birth is a symbol of hope for the people of Buxton.
- The Buxton Settlement Creed is "one helping one to uplift all." How does this creed represent the strong sense of community in Buxton? (Explain how helping one another is uplifting to all.) Discuss the many different things the citizens of Buxton do to help one another.
- Living free in Canada doesn't guarantee the people of Buxton a life without prejudices. What are some examples of the challenges they face?
1. The unusual item that the Preacher caries a gun and most people believes that he got it from a dead white man.
ReplyDelete2. The Preacher decides that it is a gift from god.
3. This is a sign of hope because he is the first free baby born.
4. This shows that since they were slaves they don’t want to be like that white folk and that’s why they help each other.
5. The people of Buxton have to face white people trying to come and take them back, and they have to fish their own fish, build their own house and they don’t have construction workers.
~Trysta
1. The unusual item the Preacher possesses is his mystery pistol, and people believe that he got it off of a white man when they were attacking.
ReplyDelete2. The Preacher tells Elijah this because he might want Elijah to be scared, or he wants Elijah to do something for him. The Preacher decides it is a gift from God.
3. Elijah’s birth is a symbol of hope because he was the first black baby born free.
4. The creed represents the strong sense community because everyone helps each other do work in the stables, they bring each other food, and they help each other with their jobs. Helping others uplifts all because if you help someone, they help someone else, and eventually everyone is happy with what they have. People in Buxton help each other with work and food and living.
5. Some challenges people in Buxton face are the white people being rude to them, or other black people disregarding them because they don’t want to talk. Teachers give beatings and students can be discouraging in many ways.
Ella
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Delete1. The Preacher possesses a gun, and the people of Buxton believe that he got it when he disappeared into woods.
ReplyDelete2. The Preacher can’t make up his mind whether Elijah “chunking rocks” is a gift of god or conjuring because he doesn’t know if Elijah “chunking rocks” has a good purpose like catching fish or whether he’s a conjurer and is working for the devil. Eventually the Preacher decides that Elijah has gained a gift from god. The Preacher makes him that decision when he sees Elijah “chunking rock” at large fish in almost one fell swipe.
3. Elijah Freeman’s birth is a symbol of hope for the people of Buxton because he was the first baby child to be born out of slavery.
4. Helping one another is uplifting to all because it makes you feel good inside when you help somebody and if other people see you helping somebody it makes them think you are a kind person. Some ways the Buxton people help each other is by giving out food; like how Elijah got some fish from the lake and then he gave it to other people. Another is when Elijah’s mom packed a family friend his lunch.
5. Some examples of challenges the people of Buxton face are people from America taking some people back to America for slavery work again. Also Mrs. Holton pays Mr. Leroy a lot of money to clear her land and do more work that she and her daughters can’t do. Mrs. Holton is helping Mr. Leroy by paying him and Mr. Leroy is always looking to do extra work because he is planning on saving up money to buy his wife, daughter, and son out of America.
Angela
1. The preacher has the mystery pistol. Most people believe that he toke the pistol when he left to go into the woods.
ReplyDelete2. The preacher can’t make up his mind because he could be posseted and that he could have gotten the gift from God. The preacher thinks that God gave Elijah the gift of chunking rocks.
3. Elijah is a freeman’s birth is a symbol of hope for the people of Buxton because he was the first kid to be born of slavery.
4. One way of people helping each other out is when Elijah goes fishing he brings back fish, and gives it out to people. Also when Elijah trades fish for some pie and they are all getting something they want.
5. Some challenges they face is if there kids are in the slavery camp they will have to go ask the slave owner if he or she could buy that slave. In Buxton you have to have a garden in your front yard and a dich in the back of the yard, and they have to have their home 10 feet away from the road.
Dawson
1. The unusual item that the preacher possesses is a gun. Most folks believe that he obtained it from two slave catchers that were in town before, and that he killed the white men and stole the gun from them.
ReplyDelete2. The preacher tells Alijah that he can`t make up his mind because he wants Alijah to be afraid he will tell everyone that he`s conjuring. In the end the preacher decides it is a gift from god.
3. Elijah`s birth was a sign of hope for the community because he was the first born out of captivity in the small town of Buxton.
4. “one helping one to uplift all’ this represents a strong community because it shows they all care about each other. Helping another is uplifting everyone because the person you helped may help other people who need help. The citizens of Buxton help each other because they always warn each other about danger like when the horse came into the field Elijah called his father and his father called the town together and they made a plan to go home and shelter.
5. The people of Buxton face slave catchers even though they live in Canada because the slave catchers come across the border.
Rylan
1. The unusual item that the preacher condemns is a gun, and the people in Buxton believe that he got the gun from two brothers who the preacher killed with a scythe and they had two guns.
ReplyDelete2. The preacher decides that Elijah’s talent of chucking rocks is rather a gift from god instead of a conjuring.
3. Elijah Freeman’s birth is symbol of hope for the people in Buxton because he was the first free born baby in all of Buxton.
4. Things people do in Buxton to help each other are giving people food for free or trading foods and goods or like Mr. Leeroy when he cuts down trees for Mrs. Holton so he can get enough money to buy his son, daughter and wife out of slavery.
5. Some examples of challenges of living in Buxton is that some white person could come there any second and do damage and you have to trade, catch or make your food to eat.
~Carter
1. The unusual item that the Preacher possesses is his pistol. Most people in Buxton believe that he got it in the woods.
ReplyDelete2. The preacher tells Elijah that he can’t make up his mind because he’s not sure if it’s from the devil or Jesus. The Preacher decides that it’s a gift from Jesus.
3. Elijah Freemans birth is a symbol of hope for the people of Buxton because he is black and wasn’t a slave and born free.
4. Helping to one another is uplifting to all because if you help someone they will get inspired and help other people with their needs or something they can’t do.
5. Some challenges they face are that teachers give beatings with rulers and, slave catchers looking for slaves to go to America.
6. Isabela
1.The preacher had a gun which is odd since it is not normal for a preacher to have a gun. Most people believe that he preacher got the gun from the woods where he found it just laying there
ReplyDelete2.The preacher can’t make whether throwing rocks is a gift from god or conjuring because Elijah hits the target ever time, but misses once so the preacher can’t decide whether he is a conjurer or just really good at throwing rocks.
3.Elijah’s freeman’s birth symbol is a symbol for hope for the people of Buxton because he is the first child born out of slavery in the small town of Buxton.
4.One helping one to uplift all represents the strong sense of the community in Buxton because if one person helps another person then that person that got helped might be inspired to help other people so that’s how one helping one to uplift all helps. One thing that the people of Buxton do to help each other they is helping their neighbors with cleaning and cutting wood and bringing food to their friends when they work very hard.
5.Some challenges that the people of Buxton might face is not having enough water and getting cold in the winters, not having enough food to eat throughout the winter and wild animals that live in the forest behind most people’s homes.
1. The preacher had a gun which is odd since it is not normal for a preacher to have a gun. Most people believe that he preacher got the gun from the woods where he found it just laying there
ReplyDelete2. The preacher can’t make whether throwing rocks is a gift from god or conjuring because Elijah hits the target ever time, but misses once so the preacher can’t decide whether he is a conjurer or just really good at throwing rocks.
3. Elijah’s freeman’s birth symbol is a symbol for hope for the people of Buxton because he is the first child born out of slavery in the small town of Buxton.
4. One helping one to uplift all represents the strong sense of the community in Buxton because if one person helps another person then that person that got helped might be inspired to help other people so that’s how one helping one to uplift all helps. One thing that the people of Buxton do to help each other they is helping their neighbors with cleaning and cutting wood and bringing food to their friends when they work very hard.
5. Some challenges that the people of Buxton might face is not having enough water and getting cold in the winters, not having enough food to eat throughout the winter and wild animals that live in the forest behind most people’s homes.
jasleen
1. The unusual item is the preacher’s silver gun and everyone says that because when the preacher took off to find the two men he only came back with one gun.
ReplyDelete2. The preacher can’t make whether Elijah’s throwing rocks is a gift from god or he is conjuring because Elijah hits the rock every time but misses one so the preacher doesn’t know if he is conjuring or not.
3. Elijah Freemans birth is a symbol of hope for the people of Buxton because he was the first free child in Buxton.
4. Things people do in Buxton to help each other are giving people food for free or trading foods and goods or like Mr. Leeroy when he cuts down trees for Mrs. Holton so he can get enough money to buy his son, daughter and wife out of slavery.
5. Some examples of challenges of living in Buxton are that some white person could come there any second and do damage and you have to trade, catch or make your food to eat.
Adam
1.The unusual item that that Preacher possess have that most other men don’t have is a pistol, and the people from Buxton believed that the Preacher got the pistol from the two bad men that captured the slave.
ReplyDelete2. The preacher decided that “chucking rocks” is a gift from god.
3.This sign was shown Elijah’s birth is that he was the first born free black baby.
4.The Buxton creed represents a strong sense of the community because everyone is nice to each other in Buxon, and they also help each other with their jobs. People in Buxon help each other with their live, like making food and helping out with work.
5.People in Buxon have to be ready for if the white people come back to take slaves, and white people being bullies to the black people, and teachers get a beating from the whites
$Jake
1. The unusual item that the Preach had is the silver gun, and everyone said he would have got two because there were two men.
ReplyDelete2. The Preach wanted to see if Elijah was conjuring because if he was that meant he was a witch or a warlock. The preach thought it was a gift from the god.
3. Elijah Freeman's birth is a symbol of hope for the people of Buxton because he was the first free child born in Buxton.
4. The people of Buxton do stuff like help other people do work and help other people do house work and they trade for stuff that they need.
5. One of the challenges they might face is they might get put in slavery, and they might get not get any more food.
Gavin
1. The unusual item is that the preacher has a magic pistol
ReplyDelete2. The preacher tells Elijah that he can’t make up his mind because he dose both and he decides that chucking rocks because it’s a gift from god
3. Elijah freeman’s birth is a symbol of hope for the peoples in Buxton because he was the first child born free in Buxton.
4. Helping one and another out is up lifting because if you help people you will get noticed and for something to do to help out others that meet their needs
5. some challenges are getting beat up bye teachers and slave catchers that look for slaves and being whiped and brout to amairaca.
brendan
1. The unusual item that the Preach had is the silver gun, and everyone said he would have got two because there were two men.
ReplyDelete2. The Preach wanted to see if Elijah was conjuring because if he was that meant he was a witch or a warlock. The preach thought it was a gift from the god.
3. Elijah Freeman's birth is a symbol of hope for the people of Buxton because he was the first free child born in Buxton.
4. The people of Buxton do stuff like help other people do work and help other people do house work and they trade for stuff that they need.
5. One of the challenges they might face is they might get put in slavery, and they might get not get any more food.
Tayson