October 14, 2016
American Civil War
papier-mâché dolls
Christian Lozano
Very well written, this article does a good job at explaining the smuggling of supplies through dolls during the Civil War. Something for which I did not know prior to this Article. Sad, but seemingly necessary as war has a tendency to create such things.
07/12/2016
12:09 pm
Ana Gonzalez
What an interesting article! The South was very clever in smuggling drugs through dolls because who would ever think that an innocent child would be the one carrying drugs? The dolls demonstrate that the North was not as successful in its blockade as planned and that the South was not going to give in. I like the anecdote in your article because it hints at how terrified children and women were when they had to smuggle drugs and supplies to the South.
19/01/2017
12:09 pm
Aimee Trevino
I really enjoyed the way this was written as a story! I had heard of people having to smuggle things between the North and the South, but had never heard of dolls being used. Crazy how they used little girls. I guess this could parallel to drug cartels from Colombia using pregnant women, so as to not cause suspicion. Great work.
19/01/2017
12:09 pm
Zaraly Frasquillo Bejarano
Isn’t crazy how even now drug cartels go to extreme measures to transport their “goods” from one place to another? Back then it was by hiding it in a little girls doll and now it can be by actually opening up a human body and placing it inside it. I think it is even crazier how mothers or fathers would put their children in such a dangerous situation, for what? Great article, I love your writing style, it kept me engaged!
25/01/2017
12:09 pm
Marissa Gonzalez
Great job with the introduction and closing to this article. It is very well written! It is very interesting how desperate people are for drugs that they have to come up with ideas like this to smuggle them. It is not a bad idea because a doll and a child are innocent and no one would suspect them to smuggle any drugs. However, I am curious to how long this was taking place. The way this is written kept me very engaged. Great job!
26/01/2017
12:09 pm
Teresa Valdez
This article has a very compelling voice, which made for a narrative that made me feel like I was taking part in the action. This article uses the evidence that dolls were used as contraband very well. The South seems like it had a knack for creativity in going around the blockade, clipping the doll heads on instead of sewing them.
27/01/2017
12:09 pm
Nataly Solis Chavez
Great read! You did a very well job when writing the introduction and wrapping it all up with the conclusion. It amazes me to see to what extent people will go to to smuggle drugs. Even today you hear on the news of various cases where people will go so far as to smuggle drugs inside of others or themselves. It saddened me to read about how such a young girl was brought into the Civil War but all in all it was a very well written article.
30/01/2017
12:09 pm
Mariana Govea
Great introduction and overall article! What an interesting read! It has always been really interesting to me to learn about cartels and what drives a cartel to do what they do! And this article does a great job at explaining exactly what they did and how they did it! Its so crazy to know the extremities all these cartels take into hand in order to accomplish what they want!An its even more interesting to know that this is something that not only happened in the past but till this day it still continues to happen so I believe its great for us to have this type of knowledge since it helps us understand a little bit more of why we still se it today and how its being done today!
31/01/2017
12:09 pm
Maalik Stansbury
Honestly. I wondered who would come up with this and why was this a method as to smuggle and transport anything over and across places. But thinking about it and reading as to how and why they did so made since. This was a small compactable thing that tot eh naked eye doesn’t look like anything but a toy for a girl, so it makes sense as to why no one would expect it. Great job with the detail of how it came to be and keeping me on the edge of my seat.
06/12/2016
12:09 pm