HIST405 Week 1 Case Study Slavery Latest 2019 January Question # 00597491 Subject: Education Due on: 01/31/2019 Posted On: 01/31/2019 04:38 AM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 4.9/5

HIST405
United States History

Week 1 Case
Study Slavery

Introduction

Slavery will hone your abilities to search and compile a
response to the prompts provided below by describing the dynamics of slavery.
Although slavery had existed among African peoples prior to the European slave
trade, the status of slaves in Africa was much different than that of slaves as
a result of the trade. The condition of the latter took a different path from
the start. The transition of this status in the colonies is illustrated through
primary sources as seen with several Acts of the Virginia Commonwealth.
Research suggests that British North America saw the economic benefit of
slavery and adopted “the Peculiar Institution” with slavery at the
heart of their success. However, different viewpoints on slavery would soon
lead to one of the greatest conflicts on American soil – the American Civil
War.

Instructions

Locate the webpage Acts of the Virginia Commonwealth on the
PBS site Slavery and the Making of America: The Slave Experience. Use the
following keywords in your search: acts of Virginia Commonwealth slave
experience. Read the information on this page. Feel free also to locate and
incorporate additional scholarly sources to respond to this case study.

Construct the case study by responding to the following
prompts:

Describe in what ways the practice of slavery was different
between Africans and Europeans?

Explain how the length of service of slaves (servants being
brought into the colony without indentures or covenants) change between 1642
and 1705?

How was the status of children born to slaves by white men
determined?

Describe in what ways were slaves treated similarly to
property (regarding the right of possession, damage to property, etc.)?

As the author of the Declaration of Independence, analyze
Jefferson’s viewpoint of slavery and abolition of slavery.

Make sure to cite and reference sources. Make sure that the
writing is clear, well-developed, and free from spelling and grammatical
errors. Please note that part of your grade is to include a documented example
of the primary source.

Writing Requirements (APA format)

Length: 2-3 pages (not including title page or references
page)

1-inch margins

Double spaced

12-point Times New Roman font

Title page

References page

Use in-text citations that correspond with your end
references