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This week is the second week I am learning American history and slavery. As an international student as my background, I have never indeed studied slavery in the USA. However, I’m interested and want to learn more about slavery and the United States’ painful transition […]

I would first off start by researching on the internet, to find accurate and reliable sources that would answer the research question. Im sure once I actually began gathering information on the subject, I would reframe my question a bit so the research I gathered […]

Question: To what extent is the teaching of history and the perception indoctrinated on our youth affecting their perception of cultural ideologies and differences long term? I would locate primary sources for this question by interviewing teachers in K-12th grade on the curriculum they teach […]

Something from the reading that really caught my interest was how aware the founders were of the importance of cotton and how that awareness influenced the debate around slavery in the new nation. George Washington writes to Thomas Jefferson: “the increase of that new material […]

This week is the second week of leaning American history and slavery. For the reason I come from China and I only study a little about American History in high school and it could be the first time for me to learn about slavery. I […]

Finishing the second week of this course, I have gained more knowledge about US history than in my entire life, mostly by watching movies and reading articles. To my previous knowledge, the slaves were forced to work in the cotton fields and some other labour […]

There was a lot of great material in these readings, making it difficult for us to choose a topic for a research question. I have, however, come to a consensus of what I want mine to be. My research question is : “Why were the […]

The “Slow Death and Slavery” readings  emphasize the ongoing mistreatment, persecution, and prejudice behavior towards the black community.This article also sheds light on the legal and political disconnection between the  U.S. law and the ever-changing black community. Throughout the article the reader comes to an […]

During week 2 I gained a lot of knowledge about slavery that I had not previously known. Much of my previous knowledge was obtained in my high school history classes. The lecture videos along with the two chapters from Schermerhorn’s book were great resources. So far […]

Im interested in seeing slavery and the United States painful transition from a new and more truthful prospective. I am interested in researching about how slavery in other countries may have shaped the way Americans perceive and understand the United States period of slavery.  I […]