slavery essay

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For this paper, address one of the following questions. Your paper should:

quote as evidence the primary sources in Chapter 11 in Voices of Freedom.

(Pick one of the topic below and use any source from chapter 11 voices of freedom uploaded in files)

– What made ideas about race so powerful that poor whites in the Old South seemingly ignored their own economic interests to support slavery and the disproportionate benefits it provided the relatively small number of planter elite?

– Given that most northern states had abolished slavery by the 1830s, how is it useful to think of slavery as a national—rather than regional—economic and political system?

– How did the planters’ paternalism serve to justify the system of slavery? How did it hide the reality of slavery?

-Identify the basic elements of the proslavery defense and those points aimed especially at non-southern states.

-How did enslaved people create community and a culture that enabled them to survive in an oppressive society?

Remember to:

– quote sources (Give Me Liberty! or primary sources from Voices of Freedom)

-cite sources (provide author and page number) if you paraphrase or otherwise use information from a source

-use an introduction and complementary conclusion that lays out the topic

-provide context for your topic (briefly, what is the background to the topic? How did we get to the point in time that you are discussing in your paper)

-create a paper that is in the neighborhood of 300 words (or more)