IN CLASS ON THURSDAY, 5/10/12, DOCUMENT BASED WORK ON SLAVERY

The key to working with these documents is to get a sense first of all of what they say and only then of what they mean. Once you go through each of the sources, try to start grouping the documents by theme. Then you can start to make some assertions. Try to make historical claims that are backed up by the documents. You may use some of the following language if it helps you to make your historical arguments:

ü  Based on documents  __, __, and __, it seems clear that…

ü  Document __ seems to stand on its own and does not fit into categories.

ü  Documents __ and __ seem to suggest that slavery was

ü  Documents __ and __ illustrate

ü  What we learn about labor in Virginia from documents __ and __ is

ü  The role of slaves in Virginia society is clear from documents __ and __ and __. Slaves functioned in the historical trajectory in the following ways:

NOW, LET’S SEE WHAT BRILLIANT ARGUMENT YOU COME UP WITH BELOW:

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