ORIGINS OF SLAVERY

What came fi rst: Slavery or Racism? Write down your response and defend it. Move to the side of the room that you chose: Slavery or

Racism

Talk with those around you and make 3 valid points to your argument from prior knowledge and understanding.

RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING:

Make a chart with two columns:1. Economic needs caused slavery2. White racism shaped slavery

Use the arguments of historians from the past 50 years (from your textbook) to justify both viewpoints.

Ask: Which particular view is most persuasive? How and why? (Interpretation)

READ “THE ORIGINS OF SLAVERY”PP.76-77 IN YOUR TEXTBOOK

Briefly describe what was life like, and the culture surrounding slaves in the south from the various perspectives: Larger plantations Small farms Families (including females and children of mixed races)

EXIT SLIP