Primary and Secondary 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 (around 325 words) 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.
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 Relations 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 to 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 textbook. Make sure that all your information is historically accurate!
Instruction files
lizzie_williams_loos_back_on_the_days_of_slavery.pdf(195,31 KiB)
j_h_hammond_apos_s_instructions_to_his_overseer.pdf(340,77 KiB)
eugene_genovese_paternalism_and_class_relations_in_the_old_south.pdf(510,43 KiB)