White Southerners' Defense of Slavery

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Assessment for K-12:

  1. Write a one act play or a dialogue between an abolitionist and a slaveholder discussing the "peculiar institution." Your play should demonstrate understanding of the themes discussed in class.
  2. Write an essay on the ideology of slaveholding in the South. Draw on secondary sources (such as your textbook) and on the articles read in this class.

 


Center for Technology and Teacher Education, University of Virginia,
This module created by Alice Carter of the University of Virginia..