Elizabeth+Campbell


 * Name**: Elizabeth Campbell


 * Date of Birth**: January 12, 1785


 * Gender**: Female


 * Race**: White


 * Family Members:** John Kirkwood- 26 (husband), Abigail- 2 (daughter), Isaac- 2 (son), Mary Campbell- 24 (sister), Samuel Johnson-27 (brother-in-law), Elizabeth/Beth- 1 (niece), Rebecca- 3 months (niece).


 * Occupation**:Keeping House, Mother


 * Current State of Residence**: Covered Wagon, currently traveling West to California.


 * Hometown (City and State)**: Boston, Massachusetts


 * Political Views:** If I could vote, I'd vote for Mr. Jefferson, because I live on a small farm, and he supports small farms and traders. Also, I am one of the "common people," and I agree with Mr. Jefferson; we should have a say in the government. If Mr. Adams was elected, we would have no ability to participate in government.


 * Political Views on Current Issues:**
 * Native American Removal- I think it was right to remove the Indians. I have never seen one, but I hear of them killing settlers living on farms like me and my family. Indians are savages and are dangerous, and they will kill us all if the government doesn't get rid of them. I'm scared the savages will come and burn down our cabin and kill us all. Still, I'm not quite sure if all the things they say about Indians are true. I feel a little bad for them, having to leave their homes. But I'm still glad that they are going away, so we will be safe from them.
 * Fugitive Slave Act- I am horrified by the Fugitive Slave Act. I read Uncle Tom's Cabin, as well as a Slave Narrative, and both opened my eyes to the real truth of slavery. I am a abolitionist, and I will NOT help catch slaves and return them to their horrible lives. My family and my sister's family are going West, where we we'll live in California. I am glad California is a free state, but I'm scared there will be fighting near us, what with the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the fighting that has resulted from it. I hope our wagon train is not attacked, as we are all anti-slavery in our wagon train. I absolutely hate the Fugitive Slave Law, and am shocked it was passed.
 * Civil War- I am in agreement with the Union's views, but I do not think that we really needed to fight. I think the Confederate States should not have seceded, but think we are better off without their cruel slavery. My youngest brother, Johnny, is fighting on the Union side, as I learned by letter yesterday. I am supportive of President Lincoln and our Union leaders. However, I feel for the poor slaves down South. I wish the Union had some good generals, and am glad the fighting has not spread out west where we are now.


 * Favorite Activities and Interests**:l love barn raising, making maple sugar, haying matches, cattle shows, and sleigh rides. I also read the Bible (on Sunday) and enjoy holidays like Thanksgiving. I also love playing with my children.


 * Nineteenth Century Reform Movement:** I have recently become an abolitionist. I have seen freed slaves and have heard how terrible their lives were. I do not think it is right to treat other human beings as property, and force them to work. I have joined a small abolitionism group at church, and I have been writing letters to try and end slavery, or at least help slaves. I have raised money to help buy the freedom of a slave.

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