Please read EITHER the Fredrick Douglass OR the Harriet Jacobs chapter found on

Please read EITHER the Fredrick Douglass OR the Harriet Jacobs chapter found on the Canvas homepage, then write a no-less- than-one but no-more-than-two page response to what you read. Don’t read both of them (unless you want to.) Respond to which ever one you wish. The Frederick Douglass chapter is about one man’s experience with slavery and escape. The Harriet Jacobs chapter talks about what life was like for a female house slave who had to navigate the advances of the man of the house as well as the jealousy of his wife. Both of these chapters are out of biographies I highly recommend to you if you’re interested in knowing what life was like for an average African-American man or woman prior to the Civil War.
Your response should include a scant summation of what you read (just to prove to me that you read the story completely through). The majority of what you write, however, should be a *response* to what you read. For example, did you recognize in the reading anything we talked about in class? Did anything you read surprise you? Contradict or confirm anything you already knew? What stood out to you the most? What were you thinking about as you were reading this story?
The above questions are just ideas of things to think about, they are not necessarily questions I expect you to answer. Think of writing your response as if you were trying to explain to a friend what you just read, and that a couple of questions and comments might go back and forth between you and your friend. How would you explain this story to someone who’s not familiar with them? What kinds of questions would *you* have asked if someone had tried to explain it to you?
*Please give your paper a title that reflects the point you were trying to make in your writing.
You are welcome to send me an advance copy of your response if you want to me look it over before it’s due. Please send it to me as an email attachment.
I hope you find these stories really interesting, and good luck!
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