DO NOT USE OUTSIDE SOURCES! USE ATTACHED IMAGES BELOW
Consider our two Primary
DO NOT USE OUTSIDE SOURCES! USE ATTACHED IMAGES BELOW
Consider our two Primary Source documents (Douglass and Jacobs), as well as the chapters from our Secondary Source (scholarly) readings (Foner and Olsen). Answer the following questions in a coherent essay of 8-10 pages (maximum) in length. Provide detailed and well-chosen examples and quotations from your sources to support your claims. Be sure to observe proper essay format and cite all references to the authors’ work using formal footnotes. All essays should be typed, double-spaced, in a standard font size (12 point) and type (courier or times roman, for example). Remember to save in .PDF file format before submitting to Brightspace.
Frederick Douglass’s Narrative of Frederick Douglass (1845) and Harriet Jacobs’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) were significant first-person testimonials to the harsh realities of slavery. Both circulated within the abolitionist movement in the lead-up to the Civil War. Today they remain essential historical texts, conveying insights into the experiences of people living under slavery in the United States. Consider the question, below, and select what you believe to be the “best evidence” from both Primary and Secondary sources to support your analysis. As you describe and analyze your evidence, develop an argument to explain the lasting significance of these narratives to American history.
Question:
Slavery’s defenders claimed that the institution was benevolent, insisting that enslaved workers enjoyed many benefits and were kindly treated. What kinds of revelations in the two narratives opened the eyes of readers to the violence and cruelty of slavery? To respond to this question, select the most effective examples and quotes from your two Primary Documents. Organize your essay around three major kinds of revelations you find in the narratives. Round out your analysis with additional context and details from your Secondary Sources (Foner, Olsen) to develop a coherent argument.
Bibliography:
Include a formal Bibliography of all four sources – Primary and Secondary – on a separate page, using the appropriate Chicago Manual of Style format for print (single author) or online versions of books. Consult the Chicago Manual of Style guidelines (http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html) for exact formatting requirements. Remember to alphabetize by author’s last name, and use a “hanging indent.”
A note about plagiarism:
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