G Historians compare individual people and events to broader patterns to state what are common patterns and what are exceptional events or people. In this assignment you’ll do that.
In what ways is Harriet Jacobs’ life as relayed in Incidents, revealing of the broader experience of enslaved Black people in the United States, and in what ways is her life experience unusual? To answer your question, utilize American Yawp and the lectures but not any other websites or sources. Answer the question with an original, interesting, and significant argument. If everyone would agree with you, it’s not an argument.
Between 750 and 1,250 words (include a word count)
Use prose, with paragraphs, as if in an essay
State an argument in the first sentence of the paper; that’s your thesis.
Use at least 2 quotes from Incidents and 2 quotes from American Yawp to support your point. The quotes should advance your argument, not just relay facts. Your quotes should be 1-2 sentences long, not whole paragraphs.
Organization should be clear, with transitions between paragraphs
Include a bibliography that lists Incidents, American Yawp, and my lectures, and footnote each paragraph that has a quote or paraphrase in Chicago Style and citing the proper page number. If you’re using the digital edition and can’t get the page number, the use the DOI in its place.
