SOCL 2001 Chapter : Chapters 2&3 Powerpoint
History 3071 001 Louisiana History
Spring 2013
Prof. Alecia P. Long
Essay Question and Instructions for Exam 2
Your essay is due in class on Thursday, March 21, 2013. You will submit your completed
essay at the same time you turn in the completed objective portion of the exam. The essay
is worth up to 50 of the 100 points available on Exam 2.
NO LATE SUMBISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT A VERIFIABLE PS-22
QUALIFIED EXCUSE.
ESSAY PROMPT:
In the class lectures on slavery, we talked about slavery through the lenses of markets,
masters, work, and culture. You have now read Solomon Northup’s Twelve Years a
Slave. Your assignment is to analyze Solomon Northup’s experiences through those same
analytical lenses. Your essay should be organized in the following manner and must
respond to the following prompts or questions:
1. Begin your essay by providing basic biographical information about Northup and
explain how he came to be a slave.
2. Describe Northup’s experiences in slave markets.
3. Describe two of Northup’s masters. What does their behavior suggest about how
masters sought to manage their slaves in antebellum Louisiana?
4. According to the lecture material on slavery, there were several factors that could
shape the kind of work a slave performed. Select two of the factors introduced in the
lecture and explain how they shaped the kinds of work Northup performed.
5. Using Northup, identify at least one key difference in the work routines for slaves on
cotton versus sugar plantations.
6. As you close your essay, reflect on at least one aspect of slave culture, how Solomon
described it, and what it meant to him during his twelve-year ordeal.
(Instructions continue on p. 2)
Document Summary
Your essay is due in class on thursday, march 21, 2013. You will submit your completed essay at the same time you turn in the completed objective portion of the exam. The essay is worth up to 50 of the 100 points available on exam 2. No late sumbissions will be accepted without a verifiable ps-22. In the class lectures on slavery, we talked about slavery through the lenses of markets, masters, work, and culture. You have now read solomon northup"s twelve years a. Your assignment is to analyze solomon northup"s experiences through those same analytical lenses. What does their behavior suggest about how masters sought to manage their slaves in antebellum louisiana: according to the lecture material on slavery, there were several factors that could shape the kind of work a slave performed. In writing this essay you should incorporate several brief quotations from twelve years a.
