Task: Identify Quotes from the History Sources that you can use to support your thesis in the Slavery Paper Quotes; see guidelines below for directions, samples and a model.
Due:
Monday, 1/14
History Sources to Pull Quotes From:
- Takaki Chapter 3 (3 quotes)
- Takaki Chapter 5 (3 quotes)
- Pro-Slavery Documents (3 quotes from any of the documents in the packet)
- Wilmot Proviso Sources (2 quotes)
Requirements:
- Must be typed
- 12 point font
- Saved in a file that you can access later
Sample of What You Should Hand In
Name
US History 11
Period 7
Ms. Hanemann
History Sources Quotes for Slavery Paper
Argument: My thesis arguing that yes, slavery was a
necessary evil or no, it was not.
[Title of Source] Quotes
Quote 1: "A
quote that supports your thesis" (Author's Last Name, Year of
Publication).
Explanation:
Explain why this quote supports your thesis; 1-2 sentences.
Quote 2: Should
be from the same source
Explanation:
[Title of Next Source] Quotes
Quote 1: "A
quote the supports your thesis" (Author's Last Name, Year of Publication).
Explanation:
Explain why this quote supports your thesis; 1-2 sentences.
Quote 2: Should
be from the same source
Explanation:
Model of What You Should Hand In
Stacy
Estrella
US History
11
Period 7
Ms.
Hanemann
History Sources Quotes for Slavery
Paper
Argument: Slavery was a
necessary evil to the expansion of American democracy and the economy
Takaki Chapter 3 Quotes
Quote 1: "The value of our lands and slaves, taken conjunctly,
doubles in about twenty years,’ he cooly calculated. ‘This arises from the
multiplication of our slaves, from the extension of our culture, and increased
demands for lands’” (Takaki, 2008).
Explanation: Here Takaki uses Jefferson to illustrate the fact that
slavery would increase and was necessary because of the “extension of our
culture and the increased demands for land.” Since land and freedom were
intertwined in the definition of American democracy, slavery was
necessary to move toward greater democracy. In terms of our economy, Jefferson demonstrates that slavery was necessary in order to continue to expand the economy and continue the agricultural legacy that Jefferson held so dear.
