1.) Life as a Free Black: Discuss the authors’ perceptions of free black life, their experiences as a free people, and those of the free blacks they describe.
2.)Life as a Fugitive Slave: Discuss the authors’ perceptions of fugitives, their experiences as fugitives, and those of the fugitives they describe.
Make an argument about the experiences they describe. Have one clear analytical focus and thesis that ties the paper together. The main way you use other course sources to contextualize the assigned reading will be the basis for the analytical focus. For example, you can use them to show what was (a)typical, compare male vs female experiences, etc. Your thesis should be an assessment of the author’s discussion of the topic. Ex. Given what you know from other course materials, were their experiences primarily typical or atypical? Your answer to a question like this would be the thesis. Give readers a sense of where the essay is headed in the introduction. State your topic, the course reading you plan to focus on, and the thesis (which should be highlighted or underlined).
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