Explain how such paid work might compare to slavery as described by Frederick Douglass in his Narrative.

http://www.ushistory.org/us/6f.asp Read 6f. “Slave Codes”.

http://www.ushistory.org/us/28.asp Read through 28 to 28d. Harriet Beecher Stowe — Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

http://www.ushistory.org/us/27f.asp Read through 27 to 27f. The Southern Argument for Slavery.

http://www.ushistory.org/us/25d.asp Read 25d. The First American Factories.

http://www.ushistory.org/us/22a.asp Read 22a. Economic Growth and the Early Industrial Revolution.

http://library.uml.edu/clh/mo.htm

http://www.learner.org/workshops/primarysources/lowell/docs/harbinger.html

http://library.uml.edu/clh/All/lof04.htm

http://www.learner.org/workshops/primarysources/lowell/docs/dickens.html

http://www.learner.org/workshops/primarysources/lowell/docs/week.html

http://www.albany.edu/history/history316/SecondPeepatFactoryLife.html

Please read all the link above to write the essay.I will upload the same link in Word.document for convenience.

Instruction

Amelia, Wage slavery and Frederick Douglass

Amelia, a worker in mid 19th century Lowell, Massachusetts, claimed that factory workers were caught in a system of “wage slavery.” How did she justify this claim?

Using what you know of factory work in mid 19th century, explain how such paid work might compare to slavery as described by Frederick Douglass in his Narrative.