Friday, September 19, 2014

Thursday, September 4, 2014

Colonial Slavery

Lecture - Slavery in America

Three Documents: comparing attitudes about slavery, which contain the perspective of a slave trader (Barbot), a ship's surgeon aboard a slave ship (Falconbridge), a former slave (Equiano).


What caused the Salem crisis of 1692?

Salem Witch Trial 

National Geographic's site on the Salem Witch Trials

Directions:
Read and analyze the documents from your groups, review the textbook, examine the websites above.  Respond to BOTH questions below.  Read and respond to TWO other classmate's postings - agree and ADD additional evidence or disagree and pose additional contrary evidence.

Discuss the following questions, citing evidence as you make your argument.
1) Were some of the "afflicted" girls merely adolescents having fun at the expense of their elders?

2) What, if any, is the connection between the conflicts among New England and the New England's Indian Wars (King Philips War 1676) and the "second Indian War" of 1692?