Issues and Arguments Surrounding Slavery


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Today your group will assume the role of one of the following groups: Southern slave owner Roman slave owner Northern factory owner
Your goal will be to understand each of these groups' views about slavery and the impact it had on the economy. You will use your knowledge of the economies of the American South, American North and Ancient Rome plus a packet that has been prepared for each group to complete the attached worksheet.
Complete the Understanding the Lives worksheet: Describe living conditions for the group you chose Economy Working conditions Labor needed Why they may have supported slavery
This worksheet will work as a guide when your group presents their finding to the class. These findings will be used to educate your fellow classmates about the lives of the people involved with slavery.
Resources: All information and worksheets from activities previous activities Southern primary source packet Northern factory owner primary source packet Rome primary source packet Living Worksheet
Southern Economy Samuel Cartwright “The Education, Labor and Wealth of the South” William J. Grayson “Lines from a pro-slavery poem”
Southern Citizen: E.N. Elliot “Cotton Is King and Pro-Slavery Arguments” Thornton Stringfellow “The Bible Argument”
Northern Economy: “A Week in the Mill” Lowell Offering, Vol.5 (1845) Factory Rules from the Handbook to Lowell, 1848 Merrimack Mills 1850 (Image) “Statistics of Lowell Manufactures, January 1, 1845”
Ancient Rome: “Pliny the Younger (61/62–113 CE): Letters, III.1: The Life of a Refined Roman Gentleman” “Ancient History Sourcebook: Slavery in the Roman Republic” “The Murder of Pedanius Secundus”
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