please read the instructions carefully;
-we have considered the African diaspora from 1400 until the 1800s. Drawing on the assigned readings, what impact did the slave trade have on the black experience in this period?
-you must cite the assigned readings from the first part of the semester. You do not have to consider all of the readings for the whole first half of the semester, but you should use as many as possible to support your argument. Any form of citation is acceptable, as long as it is clear which readings you are referencing. No outside sources. Please also include a bibliography.
Word Count: minimum 1000 words; maximum 1250 words.
Please include your word count in your submission.
Essays will be graded based primarily on the following questions:
*Does your essay have a central argument?
*How well organized is your paper? Does it revolve around one central argument?
*How interesting, persuasive, and sophisticated is the argument and the analysis that leads to it
*Is your writing clear and concise
WRITING TIPS:
*argument: Your first paragraph must contain your essay’s central argument. You might consider underlining this argument, so that it is crystal clear.
*Clarity and Organization: Once you’ve settled on a central argument, be sure that you organize your paper around it and cut out any word, phrase, sentence, or paragraph that doesn’t advance it.
*Evidence: In building the case for your argument, be sure to cite numerous, specific examples. Please use parenthetic citations: (Gomez, 104). Please include a bibliography. You will not be graded on the formatting of these citations; just make it clear what source you’re citing.
*Analysis: Sophisticated, nuanced arguments are best. So do not ignore evidence that doesn’t quite fit your thesis. Instead, try to tweak your thesis to accommodate this conflicting evidence; or briefly mention this evidence and then explain why it is perhaps an exception to the general rule or argument you’re laying out.
(important) – The assigned readings are some chapters of two books and one article (link will be attached): ( you don’t need to know or read all of them, just use as many as possible examples to support the thesis)
1) Gomez, M. A. (2005). Reversing Sail: A History of the African Diaspora. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511814648
brief : Reversing Sail: A History of the African Diaspora provides insights into the political, cultural, social, and economic developments that shaped the black experience in Latin America, Europe, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf. It also looks at the most recent research on the African Diaspora. It examines the lives of the working class, developments into the twenty-first century, and integrates women and feminist perspectives.
– Book Chapters :
1-Antiquity
2- Africans and the Bible
3- Africans and the Islamic World
4- Transatlantic Moment
5- Enslavement
6- Asserting the Right to Be
2) Smallwood, S. E. (2008). Saltwater Slavery : A middle passage from Africa to American diaspora. Cambridge; Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press. ProQuest Ebook Central. Retrieved fromhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usf/detail.action?docID=3300396.
brief : Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora provides insights of the Atlantic slave trade, and the depths of its horrors. It looks at the process of enslavement from its African origins through the Middle Passage and into the American slave market.
– Book Chapters :
1-The Gold Coast and the Atlantic Market in People
2- Turning African Captives into Atlantic Commodities
3- The Political Economy of the Slave Ship
4- The Anomalous Intimacies of the Slave Cargo
5- The Living Dead aboard the Slave Ship at Sea
6- Turning Atlantic Commodities into American Slaves
7- Life and Death in Diaspora
3) The article : U.S. History Scene. A Solution to Slavery or Racist Expulsion? The American Colonization Society, 1816-1860
brief : U.S. History Scene writes about the governmental rationale behind the creation of the American Colonization Society, the ACS’s impact, its disintegration, and the lasting historical debate surrounding the organization. .
Access the article here: A Solution to Slavery or Racist Expulsion? https://ushistoryscene.com/article/american-colonization-society/
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