1. LEWIS HAYDEN AND THE WAR AGAINST SLAVERY Written by: Joel Strangis Presentation: Tori E. O’Connell September 21, 2011

2. Early Years.  Lewis was born around 1811 in Lexington  When Lewis was born he was attacked by his mother who was trying to kill him because she didn't want her son to grow up a life of a slave  Lewis’s father worked for a bagging company and when his father’s work moved Lewis’s father abandoned his children and wife and went with the company.  Since Lewis was a slave he was not able to go to school Lewis only knew how to communicate with his many masters  Lewis Was Bought and sold many times as a child

3. Adult years  As an adult Lewis crossed the border from being a slave to a free man  After Lewis was a free man he went to a colored peoples collage in River Sydenham  Surprisingly as a free man Lewis would write letters to his recent master telling him what he was doing and how he was.  Lewis told his friends a little bit after he was finally a free man “ I am happy and ready to die now. They cannot take from us this record of history showing that we participated in the revolution to secure American Liberty as we have participated in every great movement in the best interests of the country side.  Lewis died on the date of April 7 th, 1889

4.  The Hayden family made their way to Boston by January 1846. Lewis ran a clothing store and quickly became a leader in the black community. In 1850, the Haydens moved into the house at 66 Phillips (then Sothic) Street. The Hayden’s family cared for African Americans at their home.  Lewis would sometimes write to his last master seeing how he was doing and explaining what he was doing!

5.  Lewis was a slave and also had a history of a family of salves  Lewis was sold away from his mother and father  Lewis escaped from being a slave to a free man and went down in history  They are famous for there actions  They are inspirational  Jackie’s Grandfather was a slave and his father was a sharecropper  As a boy Jackie’s father left them  Jackie was a free man and went down in history  They are famous for there actions  They give children inspiration Lewis HaydenJackie Robinson

6. Lewis Hayden Bio Poem Lewis Dedicated, Hardworking, determined Lover of freedom Who excels at work Who feels tortured constantly Who needs to know what it means to be free Who gives inspiration Who fears of his many owners Who would like to see the freedom of slaves Hayden

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