Imagine being overcrowded, filled with disease, poor sanitation, malnutrition, and more. How would you survive? Would you try to escape? At Andersonville Prison in Georgia, they are treating the Northerners like animals, not humans. No one deserves to be treated like that. They are dying by the thousands and trying to make the best of it.... but struggling when trying to walk and move around but being sick and overcrowded. They get shot if they cross the fence, or even attempt to walk towards it. Prisoners are finding themselves confronting obstacles throughout every day of needing clothing, food, water, medical attention and more. They are freezing in the winter.. and too hot in the summer. Some are dying of starvation with lack of food and …show more content…
So we decided to ask Jackson Broshears. We asked him what he thought about these camps. His response was “Since the day I was born..I never saw much misery” He was extremely thin when we were asking him questions about these camps..he told us “They feed us like we're animals” He was very shy when talking about this and he didn't have words for how bad it was...he told us “I was scared to go to these prison camps but I never imagined so much horror.” So we decided to ask someone else who may tell us more facts about the camp. So we asked William Smith a couple questions. We asked him was it cold, hot, okay? He told us “It was absolutely freezing in the winter..most people had one blanket and one cup for food and water.” We asked him how much food they fed him each day. His response was “Little to none each day.” So then we wanted even more so we asked Isaac Bowker to see what kills and injures people the most. He told us “Disease and starvation is what most people die from.” He also told us that most people just slept and didn't get up to do anything but eat. So in conclusion this proves what life is like