History

1. Address the following prompt:
   Using examples from Slavery by Another Name and your textbook, address the following: Exposés of the convict labor system described it as "worse than slavery." In what ways was it worse than slavery and in what ways was it better?
2. Address the following prompt:
   Using examples from Slavery by Another Name and your textbook, address the following: What were some of the specific industries that used convict labor and how did the contributions of forced labors who played a role in helping to industrialize America?
3. Write a traditional précis AND address the following question:
   PART 1 - A précis, is a short paper or an academic abstract that addresses a book's argument, scope, and methodology as clearly and concisely as possible. For this assignment it will be no longer than 2 double-spaced pages of the total 4 pages for this assignment. PART 2 — Address the following: How does Blackmon's book help us to understand the continued mass-incarceration of people of color in the 21st century? For this option BOTH parts must be completed. Each will be about two pages in length.

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