Frederick Douglass’s Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girlareclearly intended as abolitionist literature. They both describe the horrors of American slavery. However, antebellum pro-slavery forces might have argued that Douglass and Jacobs simply had the bad luck to have a series of cruel or incompetent owners. They might have argued that slavery, while imperfect, is not inherently wrong.In a five-page essay, describe two types of slave owner cruelty, using specific examples. But I also want at least one additional argument that addresses “nice” slave owners. Based on specific examples from one of the readings, can you develop an argument that American slavery was inherently wrong? Would “nice” slave owners make the system morally justifiable, or is the system doomed to immorality? Is such a hypothesis about “nice” slave owners even workable?Avoid outside sources—your essay should be about the Gross book and outside sources will likely distract from that.You may choose between reading Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass or Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, but reading one of them is required for the class. Don’t just use the first thirty pages. Show me you read the book!Always cite specific page numbers when getting facts from any source. Failure to tell me where you are getting a quote or idea can constitute the serious charge of plagiarism(copying without citing), which can lead to being expelled. Cite like this, “I was born in Tuckahoe.” (Gates, 339) Your essay should be formatted like this page. The paper is due Tuesday, November 6th and will be penalized five percent for every calendar day it is late, but late is much better than not at all.
TCHR2002 WEEK 6 Assessment 2: Portfolio short responses task
TCHR2002 Assessment 2 TCHR2002 CHILDREN, FAMILIES & COMMUNITIES ASSESSMENT 2: Portfolio Summary Title: Assessment 2: Portfolio short responses to unit content Due Date: Friday 9th August (WEEK 6) at 11:59pm AEDT Length: 1500 words excluding references Weighting: 50% Academic Integrity and GenAI – see below Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools, such as ChatGPT, is permitted […]
