H3C_P1_Slavery

History 3C

De Anza College

Paper #1: Slavery

Why did slavery expand so dramatically in the 17^th and 18^th centuries? How did it affect the world economy? What were the conditions like for the slaves? How did slave owners justify the system? How and why did the system end?

Do not start by Googling the topic. First read your textbook on the rise of the world slave trade, especially chapter 21. Then, carefully read all of the following primary source documents for evidence to answer the above questions. (Many students find it useful to print out the documents so that they can highlight text and write in the margins for later use.) Then, write an outline of your essay with an introduction, thesis, support, and conclusion regarding the development, effects, and decline of the slave trade from the 17^th to the 19^th centuries. Once you have an idea of what each paragraph is going to say, go back and rewrite your introduction to strengthen your thesis. Once that is done, you are ready to write the entire paper. Think about what you want to say in the conclusion; it should be more than just a restatement of your introduction. Be sure to make explicit use of the primary sources in supporting your argument, whether by paraphrases or direct quotations. Although useful for providing context for the primary source, the introductory material for each document is not considered a primary source.

Anonymous, Defense of the Slave Trade

Olaudah Equiano, Excerpt from The Interesting Narrative Life of Olaudah Equiano

Mary Prince, The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave

Typed, double-spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides (this is usually the default for most word processing programs), approximately 700-900 words. Note: before sending the assignment, you must rename the file in the following format: LastnameFirstname-papernumber. Example: JacksonChristopher-paper1.

Please do not “borrow” material from the web without providing proper citations and enclosing direct quotations in quotation marks. Otherwise, it will be considered plagiarism, and the penalties will be severe.

You must cite your sources, and list them at the end of your paper as a List of References. For help with MLA formatting, consult the Purdue University Writing Lab Guide to MLA Style.

Briefly, references and citations to the primary sources should adhere to the following guidelines:

According to the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (7th ed.), section 5.6.2.c. ("A Work on the Web Cited with Print Publication Data,") you would include the print publication data, and then in addition to that information, you would record, in the place of the concluding word Print, the following information in order:

1.Title of the database or Web site (italicized).

2.Medium of publication consulted (Web)

3.Date of access (day, month, and year).

So, for example, the citation would be (Buddha, point 4).

The reference would be

Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama. “Sermon at Benares.” Documents in World History. Ed. Peter N. Stearns, Stephen S. Gosch, and Erwin P. Grieshaber. New York: Longman, 2000. Chris Jackson's History. Web. 18 April 2013.

The above reference, like all your references in the list of works cited, would be double-spaced, with a hanging indent.

Due by Turnitin. Please go to the home page of the course for instructions and links to Turnitin.

https://sites.google.com/site/chrisjacksonshistory/Home/history-3c

Special Note on First Assignment: It is important that you read all of the comments that I write on your papers, not just the final points that each paper is given. For that reason, you will receive only one point for the first assignment. You will receive the rest of the points for that assignment (if any) when you e-mail me a one-sentence code that will be hidden in your paper when I return it to you along with my comments via Turnitin. The sentence will be grammatically correct, but it will stand out because it will not have anything to do with the paper or the comments on the paper. Simply copy that sentence and e-mail it to me, and I will reply with the rest of the points for that assignment.