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Framing Questions
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How did enslavement in America affect Africans and their descendants? |
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How did enslaved peoples maintain selfhood in the slave-master relationship? |
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What aspects of slavery did freed men and women emphasize when relating their experiences? |
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How did a person respond to being the slave of another? |
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What impact did slavery have on white people? |
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Sale » Text Links / Note / Discussion Questions
| - | New Orleans slave market, 1841, in Solomon Northup narrative, 1853 |
| - | Slave auctions, descriptions in 19th-century narratives of former slaves |
| - | On being sold, selections from the WPA narratives of former slaves, 1930s |
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Plantation» Text Links / Note / Discussion Questions
| - | Green Hill plantation, Virginia, photographs, 1960 |
| - | McGee plantation, Mississippi, ca. 1844, in Louis Hughes narrative, 1897 |
| - | Williams plantation, Louisiana, ca. 1850s, in Charley Williams narrative, ca. 1937 |
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Labor» Text Links / Note / Discussion Questions
| - | Plantation labor, selections from WPA narratives, 1930s |
| - | House "servants," letters to their mistress, 1838 |
| - | Shipyard worker, Frederick Douglass narrative, 1855 |
| - | Boatman, Richard Jones, WPA narrative, 1937 |
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Runaways» Text Links / Note / Discussion Questions
| - | Virginia runaway ads, 1745-1775 |
| - | A runaway's explanation, William Chase letter, 1827 |
| - | Escape to Canada, Littles' narratives, 1856, excerpts |
| - | Escape to Canada, W. W. Brown narrative, 1847, excerpts |
| - | On running away, selections from WPA narratives, 1930s |
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Image: Isaac Jefferson, slave once owned by Thomas Jefferson, daguerreotype, ca. 1840. Reproduced by permission of the University of Virginia Library.
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