Dear Mr. President

Dear President Taylor,
I understand your need to conquer the land. You think the world is for your taking, and you think people are too. I am a slave and I think this country is strong and beautiful, but extremely hypocritical. You speak of freedom from tyranny, yet you keep humans as property. I understand abolishing slavery in the East may take time, and I'm willing to accept that. However, we have the chance to create new free states in the West. We have the opportunity to make states that have never known the horror of slavery. The Compromise of 1850 is not enough. I'm glad they are free states, but they will never truly be so until the Compromise changed. When a slave escapes to a free state, that should mean they are immediately free. Please consider the children ripped from their mothers and sold off like objects, going on to be mistreated and sometimes killed. The West could be a safe haven for people like them, and people like me. Please consider preventing slavery from spreading West.

Best Regards,

Emily R.