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Broad Questions to consider while reading the documents and discuss

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1) How does slavery affect poor whites?

2) In what ways does slavery affect white women?

3) hat are the differences !etween ur!an and rural slavery?

") hat arguments are made in the defense of slavery? How do these argumentscompare to #efferson$s argument that slavery was a necessary evil?

%) hat arguments are made against slavery?

&pecific Questions for 'ocuments(

1)'ocument &et 1 'oc* +*

hat was slavery li,e at Buffalo -orge? hat items was the slave .arland /hompson personally purchasing? hat is the significance of the dates these purchases are made?

ho do you thin, that he is was purchasing these items for?

2)'ocument &et 2 'oc* +

+) hat region of the country is Hinton Helper from? hat evidence is there to showthat he is from a specific region?

B) hat are his arguments against slavery?

3) 'ocument &et 3 0reface)( /he stories of Brer a!!it although written !y a white man#oel handler Harris are !ased on stories told !y the .ullah people of &outh arolina

0slaves)* /his is part of the reason that you get such a difficult to read selection as it ishandler$s interpretation of the .ullah dialect* hat is Brer 0Brother) a!!it a!le toaccomplish here? hy do you thin, that this type of story was so appealing to slaves?



'ocuments &et 41

'oc* +

Buffalo -orge roprietor illiam eaver

oc,!ridge ounty 5irginia

67egro Boo,8

+ccounts(urchases from the furnace store(

&lave .arland /hompson

7ov* 1%th 193:; cotton cloth and a pitcher " dollars

'ec* 2"

th

193:; goods for hristmas 13 dollars-e!ruary 1%th 1931; -ine &il, Hat 3 dollars

+pril 1:th 1931; 2 s,eins of sil, < yards of =uslin " yards of cassimire > dollars

'oc* BBuffalo -orge roprietor illiam eaver


67egro Boo,8

+ccounts

'ec* 2%th 193:aid to slave .arland /hompson cash for trip to @ynch!urg 2*::-e!ruary 1Ath 1931aid to slave .arland /hompson cash for trip to @ynch!urg 1*::

+pril 13th 1931aid to slave .arland /hompson cash for trip to @ynch!urg 2*::

'oc*

Buffalo -orge roprietor illiam eaver


67egro Boo,8

+ccounts(redit to slave .arland /hompson 'ec* 193: for overwor, furnaceC2*33

redit to slave .arland /hompson 'ec* 1931 for overwor, furnace1::*::



'oc* 'NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, AN AMERICAN SLAVE.

Author: Frederic Dou!"#$, %&'(

)I h#d re$ided *ut # $hort ti+e i -#"ti+ore *eore

I o*$er/ed # +#red dierece, i the tre#t+et o

$"#/e$, ro+ th#t 0hich I h#d 0ite$$ed i the cou1

tr2. A cit2 $"#/e i$ #"+o$t # ree+#, co+3#red 0ith

# $"#/e o the 3"#t#tio. He i$ +uch *etter ed #d

c"othed, #d e4o2$ 3ri/i"e!e$ #"to!ether uo0

to the $"#/e o the 3"#t#tio. There i$ # /e$ti!e o

decec2, # $e$e o $h#+e, th#t doe$ +uch to cur*

#d chec tho$e out*re#$ o #trociou$ crue"t2 $o

co++o"2 e#cted u3o the 3"#t#tio. He i$ # de$1

3er#te $"#/eho"der, 0ho 0i"" $hoc the hu+#it2 o

hi$ o1$"#/eho"di! ei!h*or$ 0ith the crie$ o hi$"#cer#ted $"#/e. Fe0 #re 0i""i! to icur the odiu+

#tt#chi! to the re3ut#tio o *ei! # crue" +#$ter5

#d #*o/e #"" thi!$, the2 0ou"d ot *e o0 #$

ot !i/i! # $"#/e eou!h to e#t. E/er2 cit2 $"#/e1

ho"der i$ #6iou$ to h#/e it o0 o hi+, th#t he

eed$ hi$ $"#/e$ 0e""5 #d it i$ due to the+ to $#2,

th#t +o$t o the+ do !i/e their $"#/e$ eou!h to e#t7

'oc* D-rederic, 'ouglas &lave 7arratives

6/he slave is a human !eing divested of all rightsreduced to the level of a !rutea mere

chattel in the eye of the lawplaced !eyond the circle of human !rotherhoodcut off fromhis ,ind* His name which the recording angel may have enrolled in heaven among the

!lest is impiously inserted in a master$s ledger with horses sheep and swine8*

'oc* -onnecticut uritan &olon o!inson 19"C

6+ greater punishment could not !e devised or inflicted upon the southern slave at this

day than to give him that li!erty which .od in his wisdom and mercy deprived him ofE-ree them from control and how soon does poverty and wretchedness overta,e themE I

dou!t whether one single instance can !e found among the slaves of the south where one

has inFured himself at long and eGcessive la!or* Instead of a cruel and avaricious master !eing a!le to eGtort more than a very reasona!le amount of la!or from him his efforts

will surely produce the contrary effect8



'oc* .Charles Pinckney's Speech to Congress, 1820

From Annals of Congress, the Sixteenth Congress First Session, V. 2 (1820). Washington:

Governmental Printing Office, 18. 1!2!"1!28.

Dvery slave has a comforta!le house is well fed clothed and ta,en care of; he has his

family a!out him and in sic,ness has the same medical aid as his master and has a sure

and comforta!le retreat in his old age to protect him against its infirmities and wea,ness*'uring the whole of his life he is free from care that can,er of the human heart which

destroys at least one half of the thin,ing part of man,ind and from which a favored few

very few if indeed any can !e said to !e free***/he great !ody of slaves are happier intheir present situation than they could !e in any other and the man or men who would

attempt to give them freedom would !e their greatest enemiesE In a pecuniary view ofthis su!Fect therefore it must ever !e the policy of the Dastern and 7orthern &tates tocontinue connected with us* But sir there is an infinitely greater call upon them and this

is the call of Fustice of affection and humanity* eposing at a great distance in safety in

the full enFoyment of all their -ederal and &tate rights unattac,ed in either or in their

individual rights can they with indifference or ought they to ris, in the remotest degreethe conseuences which this measure may produce* /hese may !e the division of this

nion and a civil war*



'ocument &et 42(

+)

/he Impending risis of the &outh 19%A

+uthor( Hinton owan Helper 'ate of u!lication(

I- my countrymen particularly my countrymen of the &outh still more particularly those

of them who are nonslaveholders shall peruse this wor, they will learn that no narrowand partial doctrines of political or social economy no preFudices of early education have

induced me to write itEe have not !reathed away seven and twenty years in the &outh

without !ecoming acuainted with the demagogical manoeuverings of the oligarchy*

/heir intrigues and tric,s of legerdemain are as familiar to us as household words; in vainmight the world !e ransac,ed for a more precious Funto of flatterers and caFolers* It is

amusing to ignorance amaJing to credulity and insulting to intelligence to hear them intheir !lattering efforts to mystify and pervert the sacred principles of li!erty and turn the

curse of slavery into a !lessing* /o the illiterate poor whitesmade poor and ignorant !y

the system of slaverythey hold out the idea that slavery is the very !ulwar, of ourli!erties and the foundation of +merican independenceK -or hours at a time day after

day will they eGpatiate upon the ineGpressi!le !eauties and eGcellencies of this great

free and independent nation; and finally with the most eGtravagant gesticulations and

rhetorical flourishes conclude their nonsensical ravings !y attri!uting all the glory and prosperity of the country from =aine to /eGas and from .eorgia to alifornia to the

Linvalua!le institutions of the &outhKL ith what patience we could command we have

freuently listened to the incoherent and truthmurdering declamations of thesechampions of slavery and in the a!sence of a more politic method of giving vent to our

disgust and indignation have involuntarily !it our lips into !listers* /he lords of the lash

are not only a!solute masters of the !lac,s who are !ought and sold and driven a!outli,e so many cattle !ut they are also the oracles and ar!iters of all nonslaveholding

whites whose freedom is merely nominal and whose unparalleled illiteracy and

degradation is purposely and fiendishly perpetuated* How little the Lpoor white trashL the

great maFority of the &outhern people ,now of the real condition of the country isindeed sadly astonishing* /he truth is they ,now nothing of pu!lic measures and little

of private affairs eGcept what their imperious masters the slavedrivers condescend to

tell and that is !ut precious little and even that little always gar!led and onesided isnever told eGcept in pu!lic harangues; for the haughty cavaliers of shac,les and handcuffs

will not degrade themselves !y holding private converse with those who have neither

dimes nor hereditary rights in human flesh*



B) /he 'iary of =ary Boy,in hesnut irca 19%:$s

#$i%e the &atriarchs of ol' or men live all in one hose ith their ives an' their conc*ines,

an' the mlattos one sees in ever+ famil+ eactl+ resem*le the hite chil'ren-hese ives

seem to thin% that these mlatto chil'ren sim&l+ 'ro& from the clo's rather than assme that

their hs*an's ma+ have something to 'o ith it/

) 18 'gefiel', 3oth 4arolina 5.3. 3enator 6ames 7enr+ 7ammon' to his son 7arr+

#$oisas first chil' ma+ *e mine. 9 thin% not. 7er secon' 9 *elieve is mine ... o not let $oisa

or an+ of m+ chil'ren or &ossi*le chil'ren *e the 3laves of 3trangers. 3laver+ in the famil+ ill

*e their ha&&iest earthl+ con'ition/

') 1860

Southern slave population-4 millionSouthern White population-8 millionSouthern White Slave owners-400,000

E) Docu+et Set 8'1 NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, ANAMERICAN SLAVE.

Author: Frederic Dou!"#$, %&'(

)M2 e0 +i$tre$$ 3ro/ed to *e #"" $he #33e#red0he I ir$t +et her #t the door,11# 0o+# o the

ide$t he#rt #d ie$t ee"i!$. She h#d e/er h#d

# $"#/e uder her cotro" 3re/iou$"2 to +2$e", #d

3rior to her +#rri#!e $he h#d *ee de3edet u3o

her o0 idu$tr2 or # "i/i!. She 0#$ *2 tr#de #

0e#/er5 #d *2 co$t#t #33"ic#tio to her *u$ie$$,

$he h#d *ee i # !ood de!ree 3re$er/ed ro+ the

*"i!hti! #d dehu+#i9i! eect$ o $"#/er2. I 0#$

utter"2 #$toi$hed #t her !oode$$. I $c#rce"2 e0

ho0 to *eh#/e to0#rd$ her. She 0#$ etire"2 u"ie

#2 other 0hite 0o+# I h#d e/er $ee. I cou"d ot

#33ro#ch her #$ I 0#$ #ccu$to+ed to #33ro#ch other

0hite "#die$. M2 e#r"2 i$tructio 0#$ #"" out o

3"#ce. The crouchi! $er/i"it2, u$u#""2 $o #cce3t#*"e

# u#"it2 i # $"#/e, did ot #$0er 0he +#ie$ted

to0#rd her. Her #/or 0#$ ot !#ied *2 it; Her or h#/i! $ee her.

Her #ce 0#$ +#de o he#/e"2 $+i"e$, #d her /oice o tr#ui" +u$ic.

-ut, #"#$< thi$ id he#rt h#d *ut # $hort ti+e to

re+#i $uch. The #t#" 3oi$o o irre$3o$i*"e 3o0er

0#$ #"re#d2 i her h#d$, #d $oo co++eced it$

ier#" 0or. Th#t cheeru" e2e, uder the i"u1

ece o $"#/er2, $oo *ec#+e red 0ith r#!e5 th#t



/oice, +#de #"" o $0eet #ccord, ch#!ed to oe o

h#r$h #d horrid di$cord5 #d th#t #!e"ic #ce !#/e

3"#ce to th#t o # de+o.

'ocument &et 43(

HOW MISS COW FELL VICTIM TO MR.

RABBIT Lncle emus*L said the little !oy Lwhat !ecame of the a!!it after he fooled the BuJJard and got out of

the hollow tree?L

Lho? Brer a!!it? Bless yoM soul honey Brer a!!it went s,ippinM Mlong home he did des eJ sassy eJ a

Fay!ird at a sparrerMs nesM* He went gallopinM Mlong he did !ut he feel mighty tired out en stiff in his Fints

en he wuJ mighty nigh dead for sumpin fer ter drin, en !ime!y wen he got mosM home he spied ole =iss

ow feedinM rounM in a fielM he did en he terminM fer ter try his hanM wid Mer* Brer a!!it ,now mighty welldat =iss ow wonMt give Mim no mil, ,aJe she done Mfuse Mim moMn once en wMen his ole Moman wuJ suc,

at dat* But never mind dat* Brer a!!it sorter dance up Mlong side er de fence he did em holler out(

LMHowdy &is owM seJ Brer a!!it seJee*

LMMy howdy Brer a!!itM seJ =iss ow seJ she*

LMHow you fine yoMsef deJe days &is ow?M seJ Brer a!!it seJee*

LMIMm sorter tolerM!le Brer a!!it; how you come on?M seJ =iss ow seJ she*

LMNh NMm des tolerM!le myseMf &is ow; sorter lingerMnM twiGM a !au, en a !rea,downM seJ Brer a!!itseJee*

LMHow yoM fo,es Brer a!!it?M seJ =iss ow seJ she*

LM'ey er des middlinM &is ow; how Brer Bull gittinM on?M seJ Brer a!!it seJee*

LM&orter sosoL seJ =iss ow seJ she*

LM'ey er some mighty nice Msimmons up dis tree &is owM seJ Brer a!!it seJee Men IMd li,e mighty well

fer ter have some un umM seJee*

LMHow you gwineter git um Brer a!!it?M seJ she*

LMI MlowMd may!e dat I might aG you fer ter !utt Mgin de tree en sha,e some down &is owM seJ Brer a!!itseJee*

LMose =iss ow donMt wanter dis,ommerdate Brer a!!it en she march up ter de Msimmon tree she did en

hit it a rip widMer hawns!lamK 7ow denL continued ncle emus tearing off a corner of the plug of

to!acco and cramming it into his mouthLnow den dem Msimmons wuJ green as grass en naMer one never

drap* 'en =iss ow !utt de tree!limK 7aMer Msimmon drap* 'en =iss ow sorter !ac, off little en runagin de tree!lipK 7o Msimmons never drap* 'en =iss ow !ac, off little fudder she did en hiMst her tail on



Mer !ac, en come agin de tree ,er!lamK en she come so fasM en she come so hard twel wunner her hawns

went spang thoo de tree en dar she wuJ* &he canMt go forreds en she canMt go !ac,erds* 'is Jac,ly wMat

Brer a!!it waitinM fer en he no sooner seed ole =iss ow all fasMenMd up dan he Fump up he did en cut de

pidFinwing*

LMome heMp me out Brer a!!itM seJ =iss ow seJ she*

LMI canMt clime &is owM seJ Brer a!!it seJee M!ut IMll runMn tell Brer BullM seJee; en wid dat Brer a!!it

put out fer home en MtwanMt long Mfo here he come wid his ole Moman en all his chilluns en de lasM wunner de

fam!ly wuJ totinM a pail* 'e !ig uns had !ig pails en de little uns had little pails* Dn dey all sMroundid ole

=iss ow dey did en you hear me honey dey mil,MtMer dry* 'e ole uns mil,Mt en the young uns mil,Mt enden wMen dey done got nuff Brer a!!it he upMn say seJee(

LMI wish you mighty well &is ow* IMd MlowMd !einMs how dat youMd hatter sorter camp out all night dat IMd

!etter come en swaFe yoM !agM seJee*L

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