Hello Everyone!
Today's topic is Early Americans responding to neediness. I thought this was an interesting topic as I can answer the modern Americans with ease, but Early Americans is a difficult one.
I would have to say that Early Americans appeared to not really give into neediness a whole lot. To me, they seem to enjoy brushing it under the rug so to speak. An example is from last week, or Monday, in class when we had the students reading the skit of the blind woman's testimony of being warned out of her town. I think that this shows kind of what Early Americans were like when people needed help. The government anyways. They sort of were like, "Hmm... you're pregnant? Oh sorry. We're warning you out. You can't have your baby here. Sorry!" It was a cruel sort of thing to do to these people who could have had help. The pregnant women for example weren't ill or anything, they were simply bringing new life to the town.
On the other hand, there is the private charities which were set up to help people in need. This was set up probably because the government was not all that willing to give out charity to those who need it. It moves me to see the charities being created to help others live a somewhat happy life. I think these are the people who are respected amongst the lesser privileged because they don't have as much. These charities made it their mission to help and it helped and carried well into modern American society. We have countless charities and they aren't all for the homeless or the needy. The fact that people in Early America knew the importance of helping others who were in need touches my heart. I also love to learn about them acting just like we do because we as students typically only hear about the bad history (the wars, the plague, etc.). It's a breath of fresh air to learn about people being genuinely nice.
Until Next Time,
~Amanda
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