12 Years A Slave Similarities

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The film “12 Years a Slave” has many similarities to what is taught in class. The movie takes place in the time when the 13 Colonies had trouble with Britain which is also referred as the “Mother Country”. The year was 1776 at the start of the film. The main characters of the movie are Benjamin and Gabriel Martin since they started their own little army. These are the similarities of the film and what is taught in school. The start of the film, Benjamin Martin is called to Charlestown to vote for the support of the Continental army. It is taught in school that the Southern Colonies were not in war and did not want to be in it, but some people wanted to fight to then gain independence from Britain once and for all. Benjamin Martin, who was