What You Have to Read with Care for the Practice Essay (History Changes Essay)

Your Possible Questions When You Take the Practice Essay (History Changes Essay)

Resources for Self-testing

Background about the Term English Servant (Indentured Servant)

Forms of Servitude Shown in a Table So You Can Compare Them

What You Have to Read for Each Column in the Table

What You Have to Read for Each Column in the Table – If You Prefer to See Page Numbers

 

Your Possible Questions When You Take the Practice Essay (History Changes Essay)

The topics in the Practice Essay (History Changes Essay) are also part of the topics for the 1st question on the Unit Essay Exam. With both, you must read the textbook on these periods and use it as your only source.

 

The quantity of choices and whether you have a choice vary with the Practice Essay and the Unit 1 Essays:

 

With the History Changes Essay, you will see 1 of these topics and you will write about the 1 you see:

1.     Servitude in English Colonies in South – Early 1600s (What varied things happened to Africans sold in early Virginia)

2.     Slavery in English Colonies in South – Late 1600s

3.     Indenture– Pre-1676 in South (Before Bacon’s Rebellion) Tip: Stop reading “The War in the Chesapeake” about 1670.
Note: In the textbook, the phrase used for indentured servants in some locations is English servants.

Resources for Self-testing

The table on what happens with different forms of servitude in the South:

 

The content and the quotations on Slavery in Africa are from the 3rd edition. To see that page, click here. This link also shows an example of how I label in the margins any words I have to do something with—including explain the content to another person. I was taught to do this kind of marking years ago by a community college professor. Although I marked this page very quickly, it is shows two basic principles of any information where you have to do something:

1) Read once, but mark the facts with labels so you can:

2) When you use your marked text, you not only save time but also begin to understand it better and catch your own mistakes.

Background about the Term English Servant (Indentured Servant)

In the textbook, the phrase used for indentured servants in some locations is English servants. What’s the word indentured mean with the word servant? Merriam Webster Online explains it is “a person who signs and is bound by indentures to work for another for a specified time especially in return for payment of travel expenses and maintenance.”  To sign a document indicates the signer is a free person who agrees to the terms of the indenture. What’s an indenture? “to divide (a document) so as to produce sections with irregular edges that can be matched for authentication.” Think of it this way: when you tear paper, the ragged edge is unique.

Forms of Servitude Shown in a Table So You Can Compare Them

In the table, the content and the quotations on Slavery in Africa are from the 3rd edition, which has a few more details. To see the page, click here.

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What You Have to Read for Each Column in the Table

The columns below are the same columns you see above. This time they contain the Chapter # and the name of the heading of the section you read within that chapter

 

Trait

Serfdom

Slavery in Africa   

Slavery in Spanish Colonies

Slavery in Eng. Colonies in South–Early 1600s

Slavery in Eng. Colonies in South–Late 1600s

Indenture–Pre-1676 in South

Indenture–Post-1676 in South  

 

What You Must Read

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For the content for this column, you read this section of Chapter 1:

“The Atlantic Slave Trade Begins.”

For the content for this column, you read this section of Chapter 1:

“Forced Labor Systems.”

For the content for this column, you read this section of Chapter 2:

“Africans in Early Virginia.”

For the content for this column, you read this section of Chapter 3:

“Systems of Slavery in North America.”

For the content for this column, you read this section of Chapter 2:

“Tobacco Boom” (See English servants.)

 

You also read Chapter 3: “War in the Chesapeake”—but only for content about the years before 1676.

For the content for this column, you read this section of Chapter 3:

“War in the Chesapeake”—but only for content about the years from 1676.

 

What You Have to Read for Each Column in the Table – If You Prefer to See Page Numbers

This link provides the page numbers where you can find these headings in the 3rd and 4th paperback editions.

 

If you need help finding the pages in other editions, just ask.

 

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