African american history | History homework help
Assignment 1
Read the documents on pp. 162-167, ending with “An Editorial From Freedom’s Journal,” in the “Free Black Activism” section. You also need to look at the Edward William Clay document on “Bobalition” on p. 168-169. Answer questions 2, 3, and 4 on page 164 – Questions for Analysis. Summarize you answers in a short essay (about 400 words – three paragraphs) on “Free Black Activism in the New Republic.”
Assignment 2
Read the documents on pp. 206 – 211, “Slave Testimony,” and answer questions 1, 2, 3, and 4 in the Questions for Analysis (p. 211). Summarize you answers in a short essay (about 400-500 words – five paragraphs) on “Slave Testimony and Sources on the Lives of the Enslaved.”
Assignment 3
Read the documents on pp. 248-254), “Forging an African American Nation – Slave and Free, North and South,” and answer questions 2, 3, and 4 in the Questions for Analysis (p. 257). Summarize you answers in a short essay (about 400-500 words – five paragraphs) on “Resistance – Slave and Free, North and South.”
Assignment 4
Read the documents on pp. 288-292 (ending with the final paragraphs of the Susie King Taylor document), in “Wartime and Emancipation,” and answer questions 1, 2, and 3 in the Questions for Analysis (p. 295). Summarize you answers in a short essay (about 400-500 words – five paragraphs) on “The War for Black Freedom, 1861-1865.”
