History 1301 Paper

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Primary and S
econdary Source Assignment
In order to complete this assignment you must read the following:
1)
J.H. Hammonds Instructions to His Overseer
2)
Lizzie Williams Looks Back on the Days of Slavery
3)
Eugene D. Genovese
Paternalism and Class Relations in the Old South
When you have finished your reading please
answer the following questions in paragraph form. The answer
to each question should be written separately (not as a unified paper) and
THE ANSWER TO EACH QUESTION
MUST BE A MINIMUM OF 1 FULL PAGE TYPED WITH A 12pt TIMES NEW ROMAN FONT
OR 11pt CALIBRI
FONT
DOUBLE SPACED USING STANDARD MARGINS.
DO NOT
write as a unified paper but submit the assignment as a single document. Each question should start
on a new page. Y
ou will not be allowed in class if this assignment is not completed.
1.
Briefly describe the contents of
a.
J. H. Hammonds Instructions to His Overseer
b.
Lizzie Williams Looks Back on the Days of Slavery
2.
Using the secondary source
Paternalism and Class Relatio
ns in the Old South
and your textbook briefly
explain the background in which the primary sources were written.
3.
Pretend that you are a foreign traveler in the American South in the mid
–
1800s. You have visited
several plantations and farms and spoken t
o landowners overseers and slaves. Write a letter to one
of your relatives back home and describe what life is like in the South of the United States. Remember
that in order to do this you must include information from the three sources and your textb
ook. Mak
e
sure that all your information is historically accurate!
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