HUM 1020 – INTRODUCTION TO HUMANITIES
ASSIGNMENT FOR SLAVE NARRATIVES
WORTH 30 POINTS
Instructions: Using the link on the assignment page, read through the Slave Narratives that come from the 18th century (1700’s) and choose one of the narratives to work with. Complete this worksheet as you read. When you are finished, save your work and upload it to Canvas as a Word document.
NOTE: The points you receive for each question will be based on how thoughtful you are in your responses.
1. Who wrote the narrative? (State the full name/names.) (2 pts.)
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2. In what year was the narrative first published? (Look at the end of the listing on the Slave Narratives page for this date.) (2 pts.)
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3. In a complete sentence or two. state a brief summary of what the work is about. For example, is it a biography of the entire life of the author(s)? Is it about one particular incident? Is there something the author(s) wanted people to know? (4 pts.)
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4. In six (6) or more complete sentences, and in your own words, summarize the narrative. (12 pts.)
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5. Choose one passage from the narrative which moved you in some way and quote from it below. Then, in two or more sentences, explain why or how the passage moved you. (10 pts.)
Quotation:
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How or why the passage moved you:
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link for the slave narratives
Slave Narratives: Chronological List of Autobiographies (unc.edu)