Step One: Read the Following Item: Morgan, Jennifer. ‘“Some Could Suckle over Their Shoulder”: Male Travelers, Female Bodies, and the Gendering of Racial Ideology, 1500-1770.”Preview the documentPreview the document In William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. 54, No.1 (Jan., 1997), 167-192. Handed out in class. Also available on my website under History 17 articles, accessible from Class Information. Step Two (pre-writing/understanding/gathering evidence): After reading Morgan’s article and using the study tools handoutsPreview the documentPreview the document, summarize both Morgan’s thesis/major argument and her account of the encounter between Europeans and the indigenous/native peoples of Africa and the Americas. Be sure to include evidence from her article and the sources she uses, citing them appropriately. Be sure to include the vantage point/perspective of each group/individual involved. Be sure to discuss the sources she uses. This text is foundational to understanding the course. The assignment is intended to ensure that you grasp the contours of her argument. Step Three: This is just a thinking or brainstorming step. Consider these questions: How did the Europeans in Morgan’s article initially perceive Africans and Native Americans? How and why did this perception change over time? How does Morgan believe Europeans justified enslaving Africans? Why, according to Morgan, did Europeans choose to enslave Africans? Again, according to Morgan, what is the relationship between gender, racism, and slavery? Are you convinced by her argument? Why or why not? Do her sources support her claims? Why? Why not? You may choose to answer your own questions or come at the sources in your own way as well. Be sure to discuss the sources she uses. Please note Morgan does not see African women as they are described in the article; she is discussing European men’s perception of these women in the 1500s, more than 500 years ago. Step Four: Complete the primary source analysisPreview the documentPreview the document following this handout.
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