Kelly McGrath ENG Lit Final Week Unknown Period Reflection The final literary period I have left is the “Critique of Slavery”. According to a posting from Anne C. Loveland on our web site, this period had a lot to do with the Declaration of Independence’s demand to abolish slavery immediately. During this period society separated to those for this abolishment and those against. It seems to have gone past simple slavery and also into women’s rights. This period was the last one on our list of to-do’s. I believe that the rest of the periods had a lot to do with leading up to the Critique of Slavery. Each period slowly developed into change and more freedom in the writing. As we get into the Critique of Slavery period, the change wasn’t just about the writing it was about our country and how open everyone was to their own separate opinions. If I had done this period I would have selected Harriet Tubman as one of my authors. I would have chose her because I know the significant impact she had in this period by helping the slaves into freedom (as she was a woman of color herself). Her song “Wade in The Water” I would have chosen because of the important role the song had on the freedom of the slaves. This song played as a warning to inform slaves on the way to escape being “into the water”. (City Owen Sound) The other author I would have chosen would have been Harriet Beecher Stowe because I know the significance of her book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, which is still a book read by classes every year. Through this book she was able to show people the reality of the slavery. Overall, the Critique of Slavery was an important literary period in the American society. It allowed writers the freedom the express their opinions on slavery through their books (Beecher Stowe) and it allowed people to provide warnings through songs (Tubman). Each of the literary periods slowly progressed into more opinions and more freedom in their writing and the Critique of Slavery wasn’t the end… it was simply a very good start. Bibliography Loveland, Anne C. and Sudipta Das. “American Anti-Slavery Society Is Founded.” Great Events from History: North American Series. MagillOnHistory. Salem Press, 1997. 23 June 2008. < https://web-ebscohost-com.ezp.mc.maricopa.edu/ehost/detail?vid=6&hid=103&sid=d0f0ade9-9b96-4172-a26b-bd68fe89e484%40sessionmgr103 > “Wade in the Water.” City of Owen Sound. 2004. 14 June 2007 < http://www.osblackhistory.com/wade.php >.