DAVPS The Institution of Slavery in American Society Essay
Considering the account of Frederick Douglass as well as other primary sources from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, answer the following prompt in an essay of no more than three double-spaced pages (12-point-font, standard margins):
Discuss the relationship between the institution of slavery and two of the following:
a) knowledge and learning
b) freedom and liberty
c) religion and morality
Your essay must be based primarily on Frederick Douglass’s Narrative. In order to improve your essay and broaden its scope, you also need to cite at least two other relevant primary sources from the document reader, Sources for America’s History. The table of contents should help you identify potentially useful documents.
