Analyze Dunmore's Proclamation (1775) and the Book of Negroes (1783) — Black wartime mobility and choice during the Revolution
Exercise Difficulty 5 ~9 min hist.g5.f.ex_42

Dunmore Proclamation Mg7

MG-7 Interactive Physical / non-image

Federal Founding-Era Archive Card (FOUR-PAGE form used by every child for every primary-source document analyzed in the unit). PAGE 1 SOURCING: Title of source / Author or creator / Year created / Where created / Purpose (why was this made? for whom?) / Genre (TREATY / LAW / PAMPHLET / PROCLAMATION / POEM / NARRATIVE / ENGRAVING / NEWSPAPER / SERMON / MAP / LETTER / JOURNAL — circle one). PAGE 2 CONTEXTUALIZATION: What was happening in the Atlantic World when this was made? Who held power? Who was excluded? What other events took place near this date? PAGE 3 CORROBORATION: Find at least ONE other source about the same event or person. Do the two sources agree? Disagree? On what specifically? PAGE 4 CLOSE READING: Quote one important sentence from the source. What does it actually say? PLUS NMAI FIFTH MOVE: Whose voices are present in this source? Whose are absent? What land are we standing on as we read this? Style: high-contrast form-style layout; large-print version available; sentence-frame version available; audio-narration version available.

MG-9 Illustration
Humanity-First Promise — paired with MG-8 for trauma-informed lessons on slavery (Lessons 9, 10, 13, 16, 19). Five-line

Humanity-First Promise — paired with MG-8 for trauma-informed lessons on slavery (Lessons 9, 10, 13, 16, 19). Five-line text: 'When we learn about chattel slavery, we begin with the HUMANITY of the enslaved person — their name (if known), their family, their place of origin, their resistance, their dignity. We never reduce a human being to a number, a price, or a victim alone.' Style: dignified scroll layout matching MG-8.

Prompt

Apply MG-7 full routine to Dunmore's Proclamation November 7 1775. Apply MG-9 Humanity-FIRST framing in your response.

How it's presented
mode structured form prompt audio ID audio.g5f.ex 42.stem
Answer criteria
type MG7 full
rubric
Required: Dunmore (Virginia Royal Governor) / 1775 / military pragmatism not abolition / ~20,000+ enslaved African Americans chose to flee — agency in context of slavery
required sections
sourcingcontextualizationcorroborationclose_readinghumanity_first_framing
Hints
  1. Lesson 19 covered Dunmore's Proclamation
  2. Humanity-FIRST means honoring AGENCY of Black wartime mobility
Misconceptions to watch
  • Treating Black wartime choice as 'betrayal'
  • Treating it as 'helpless'