Wednesday, October 21, 2015

The Culture of Slavery

Today in class we'll discuss the Preamble Evaluation Essay.

Then, we're going to focus on the impact of slavery and the rise of abolitionism by watching the first 35 minutes of Africans in America: Judgment Day, using this STUDY GUIDE to take notes.

Your HOMEWORK for tomorrow requires the following:
Read and take notes from Foner 348-356
Read and annotateyour assigned document from one of the four abolitionists below. All documents are in The American Reader. For your selection:

  • Make sure you read the introduction carefully.
  • Annotate for the author's tone, language and argument.
  • As you annotate, pay attention to what was effective about the argument and what the biographical information suggests about the person's perspective.

Look for where your name falls alphabetically in the following list in order to determine your reading:

  1. David Walker (AR 175): Bush through Goltsman
  2. William Lloyd Garrison (AR 179): Gorden through Jones
  3. Theodore S. Wright (AR 184): Kuzhiyil through Murphy
  4. Angelina Grimke (AR 188): Paz through Simmons
  5. Henry Highland Garnet (AR 192): Ury through Wolski


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