PSA #2: Abolition & Pro-Slavery Arguments Directions: 1. Read the following pri

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PSA #2: Abolition & Pro-Slavery Arguments
Directions:
1. Read the following pri

PSA #2: Abolition & Pro-Slavery Arguments
Directions:
1. Read the following primary sources and take notes. You will need to include examples with citations in your response.
Sojourner Truth, Women’s Rights Convention Speech in Akron, Ohio (1851)
James Henry Hammond, “The ‘Mudsill Theory” Senate Speech (1858)
Reminders:
The primary sources should be cited in your paper so I know where the information that you are discussing came from.
Use in-text MLA-style citations (author’s last name page number) at the end of the sentence it relates to.
Consider the following questions when you are reading the sources and creating your response.Who wrote the primary source?
How did their social location (race, class, gender, sexuality, etc.) influence their writing and the argument they made in the primary source?
2. Review the module lecture, reading, and videos to help you understand the historical context of the above primary sources, but base your answers and the bulk of your response on information found in the above primary sources.
3. Answer the following questions, write 1-2 pages total or record yourself thoroughly answering the questions.
What is Truth saying about the rights of enslaved people and women? Provide 2 examples from the source to support your answer.
What is Hammond saying about slavery, labor, and rights? Provide 2 examples from the source to support your answer.
What do you think about Truth’s and Hammond’s positions on labor, rights, and social status?
Checklist:
□ 1-2 pages in length or equivalent recording
□ Answered all 3 questions
□ Included at least 4 examples (2 from each primary source) and cite them

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