Aileen+Collins


 * Name**: Aileen Collins


 * Date of Birth**: 1776


 * Gender**: Female


 * Race**: Irish


 * Family Members:** Seamus Collins, Kylie Collins, Dale Collins, Sierra Collins


 * Occupation**: Tavern Owner (Cook/Helper)


 * Current State of Residence**: Five Points, New York City, NY


 * Hometown (City and State)**: Ashford, Ireland


 * Political Views: I would vote for Thomas Jefferson, because he seems smarter than Adams. I think that we will all get along better and have a better future if we vote for Thomas Jefferson.**


 * Political Views on Current Issues:**
 * Native American Removal- It is hard for me to feel simpathetic for the Americans or the Indians because I am Irish. But, I have heard talk throughout the town, and seen pictures in the newspaper. The pictures and the talk are grotesque. I do not know both sides of the story, but if I had to choose a side, I would be on the Indians side. In the pictures I see the Indians attacking helpless people. They are burning down houses and do not seem caring at all. They act like savages, and I would not want that to happen to my house or kids. I do feel sad that they had to walk all those miles. I wish I knew both sides of the story.
 * Fugitive Slave Act- I am appalled by the fugitive slave act. I have heard about this in the town, and I am just about ready to become an abolitionist! It means that it is now legal for slave owners and slave catchers to catch fugitive slaves! And people who are affiliated with helping fugitive slaves get fined and arrested. I think that this is ridiculous, especially now that I know what is actually going on with slavery. I did not really have an opinion about it before, but then I read "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and I now have a very strong opinion about it! How can they do all of those cruel things, and then for them to able to run away, they have to leave the country!! It's terrible!
 * Civil War- I am completely for the Union.


 * Favorite Activities and Interests**: Making maple syrup, sewing a quilt, husking corn, go to a cattle show, reading.

Are we going to do something about this? Is somebody investigating this?
 * Ninteenth Century Reform Movement:** I just heard next door that the poor people that are burdened with mental disabilities are treated very terribly. They are put in prison cells and beaten daily. For some reason they think that they can beat the illness out of them. I think this is extreamly wrong, and I think it should be stopped.

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