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In 3 paragraphs, explore the justifications for slavery used in a primary source document and contrast these justifications with abolitionists arguments made in other primary source documents.
Paragraph 1 should explore the arguments made for slavery and how the lives of slaves are characterized in the primary source “George Fitzhugh argues that slavery is better than liberty and equality” (This is linked below}
Some GOOD questions to ask yourself when writing your first paragraph are:
What are his feelings about liberty and equality?
How does he use the Appeal to History fallacy?
Which parts of his argument rely on paternalism?
What are his feelings about wage-labor economy?
What does he see as the consequences of this sort of labor regime?
Does he see the plantation economy of the South as capitalistic or something else entirely?
Paragraphs 2 & 3 should use evidence from other primary source abolitionist documents (links provided below) to refute the apologist arguments made in Fitzhugh’s document.
George Fitzhugh Argues that Slavery is Better than Liberty and Equality, 1854
David Walker’s Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World, 1829
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