To answer:
For this question, consider how the Port Royal experiment fits into the ways the Union Army tried to deal with slaves they encountered in the South during the war
Include a shortened version of your answer to the question in your first paragraph (this is a ‘thesis’)
Conclude by re-stating your argument and how the author proved it with his examples
Don’t forget to cite in the following way:
(lecture)
(textbook, XX)
(Parten, XX)
(Special Field Order)
Some pointers regarding Ben Parten’s “The Port Royal Experiment”
Port Royal Sound – part of the Sea Islands region of South Carolina; now a series of beautiful beachside resort communities
‘liminal state’ – the ‘transitional state between freedom and bondage for slaves; basically their legal definition hasn’t yet been defined
Garrisonian – refers to the prominent abolition movement under the leadership of William Lloyd Garrison, who argued that slavery was immoral
‘Free Soil Movement’ – the movement that understood slavery as a competing system of labor that impeded national progress; not as concerned about its immorality
Gideonite – basically means people driven to victory by a deep moral compass; but they were Christian evangelists
Speculators – people looking to get rich quick through real estate
Reconstruction – the period following the Civil War
To answer:
For this question, consider how the Port Royal experiment fits into the ways the Union Army tried to deal with slaves they encountered in the South during the war
Include a shortened version of your answer to the question in your first paragraph (this is a ‘thesis’)
Conclude by re-stating your argument and how the author proved it with his examples
Don’t forget to cite in the following way:
(lecture)
(textbook, XX)
(Parten, XX)
(Special Field Order)
Some pointers regarding Ben Parten’s “The Port Royal Experiment”
Port Royal Sound – part of the Sea Islands region of South Carolina; now a series of beautiful beachside resort communities
‘liminal state’ – the ‘transitional state between freedom and bondage for slaves; basically their legal definition hasn’t yet been defined
Garrisonian – refers to the prominent abolition movement under the leadership of William Lloyd Garrison, who argued that slavery was immoral
‘Free Soil Movement’ – the movement that understood slavery as a competing system of labor that impeded national progress; not as concerned about its immorality
Gideonite – basically means people driven to victory by a deep moral compass; but they were Christian evangelists
Speculators – people looking to get rich quick through real estate
Reconstruction – the period following the Civil War