Primary and Secondary Source Assignment
In order to complete this assignment you must read the following:
1)J.H. Hammond's Instructions to His Overseer
2)Lizzie Williams Looks Back on the Days of Slavery
3)Eugene D. Genovese,
Paternalism and Class Relations in the Old South When you have finished your reading, please answer the following questions in paragraph form. The answer to each question should be written separately (not as a unified paper) and THE ANSWER TO EACH
QUESTION
MUST BE A MINIMUM OF 1 FULL PAGE TYPED WITH A 12pt TIMES NEW ROMAN FONT OR 11pt CALIBRI FONT DOUBLE SPACED USING STANDARD MARGINS.
DO NOTwrite as a unified paper, but submit the assignment as a single document. Each question should start on a new page. You will not be allowed in class if this assignment is not completed.
1.Briefly describe the contents of
a.J. H. Hammond's Instructions to His Overseer
b.Lizzie Williams Looks Back on the Days of Slavery
2.Using the secondary source
Paternalism and Class Relations in the Old Southand your textbook, briefly explain the background in which the primary sources were written.
3.Pretend that you are a foreign traveler in the American South in the mid-1800s. You have visited several plantations and farms and spoken to landowners, overseers, and slaves. Write a letter to one of your relatives back home and describe what life is like in the South of the United States. Remember that in order to do this, you must include information from the three sources and your textbook. Make sure that all your information is historically accurate.