Analyze chattel slavery as the integrated economic + social + legal system of the US South 1850 — cotton kingdom, 3.95M enslaved per 1860 Census, Atlantic + global cotton commodity chain — refusing 'slavery was unprofitable and dying' framing
Exercise Difficulty 3 ~10 min hist.g8.f.ex_05

Essay

MG-7 Diagram Physical / non-image

EIGHT-Question Source Card NOW EXTENDED TO NINE QUESTIONS — 8.5x11 laminated double-sided card with all 9 questions: Q1 Who made this? Q2 When? Q3 Where? Q4 For whom? Q5 Why? Q6 What is the source's evidence value? Q7 What does it leave out? Q8 ENCOUNTER MULTI-PERSPECTIVE (G7-Spring NEW): What other perspectives must be sought? Q9 LOST-CAUSE-DETECTION (G8-Fall NEW): Does this source contain Lost Cause mythology constructions (slavery-as-side-issue + 'states rights' framing + 'happy slaves' imagery + idealized Confederate generals + Reconstruction-as-tragic-mistake + Black officials-as-corrupt)? If yes, name and refuse. Each question with sentence frame + 14pt dyslexic font option + transliteration glossaries on reverse.

Prompt

Apply MG-7 + Q9 LOST-CAUSE-DETECTION to the secondary-source claim: 'Slavery was a benign paternalistic institution.' Refute with 1 primary-source citation from Douglass 1845 OR Jacobs 1861 OR Northup 1853.

How it's presented
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Answer criteria
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criteria
  1. States Q9 verdict (Lost Cause framing detected)
  2. Cites specific primary source by author + date
  3. Quotes or describes specific passage refuting paternalism
  4. Names Baptist 2014 OR Beckert 2014 OR Johnson 2013 scholarly anchor
Hints
  1. Find a passage about violence + family separation + labor coercion.
  2. 'Benign' is the framing to refute.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Failing to name specific primary-source passage
  • Conflating economic productivity with benignity
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