African American History: The Development of a People

    Chapter 2. The Meaning of American Slavery. I. What was the intent and outcomes of the American Colonization Society? 2. Discuss how slavery was a compromise between large and small states. 3. flow could slavery be considered a "cultural disease'"? 4. Why is American slavery different from slavery that existed elsewhere in the world? Chapter 3. Thomas Jefferson and the Problem of Slavery. I. Discuss Jefferson's contradiction on the institution of slavery. 2. Why did Jefferson criticize England for not ending the slave trade in the colonies? 3. Why did Jefferson believe blacks were inferior to whites? 4. Jefferson believed blacks and whites could not coexist in the same society. Why? Chapter 4. Disrupting the Family. I. Discuss how forced sexual relationships negatively influences the slave community. 2. Discuss the controversy regarding the breeding of slaves. Chapter 5. Building a Nation. I. Discuss the thesis of the essay. Did the author satisfactorily defend the thesis? 2. What were the differences between the task and gang systems of slavery? OosiSien of Seelel Week. 1102113101111 S POMO& Geope.p.v.11.111my. Phdeseepr. Polities. eatmee, &WS We& I S P O. ilex 15111. Man Mee 2203. Puddle Via. Taw     3. Elaborate on the responsibilities of house slaves versus field slaves? Which proved more valuable to the plantation system? Chapter 6. Masters. Overseers. and Black Drivers. I. Discuss the thesis of the essay. Did the author satisfactorily defend the thesis? 2. Why was the discipline of slaves of primary concern to slave owners and overseers? 3. Why did some slave owners believe the peculiar institution was basically paternalistic? 4. Discuss why some overseers were more associated with brutality than slave owners? Chapter 9. The Reconstruction. I. Discuss the thesis of the essay. Did the author satisfactorily defend the thesis? 2. Discuss the importance of the Freedman's Bureau to the Reconstruction era. 3. Why did Radical Republicans take control of the reconstruction process from Andrew Johnson?