The focus of this week’s response is slavery, the resistance of enslaved people, and the movement for the abolition of slavery.
Drawing on the class meetings and materials from week 7, write a reflection on what you learned this week related to slavery, the resistance of enslaved people, and the movement for the abolition of slavery (one, two, or all three).
Within your response, you should:
Include reference to at least one primary source reading from Week 7
Use at least one example from the documentary Many Rivers to Cross: The Age of Slavery
Optional: reference one of the online exhibitions in the module from this week.
You should write at least 250 words.
Responses should be proofread and clearly written.
You should use only assigned readings. If you use other sources, you must cite them properly.
David Walker’s Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World, 1829
Angelina Grimké, Appeal to Christian Women of the South, 1836
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/online-exhibitions/abolitionism
