Instructions: Read Give Me Liberty: Chapter 11 located in folder 10. Write a one to two pages paper answering the following questions. The paper should be written in Times New Roman (12 point font); double spaced.
1.Given that most northern states had abolished slavery by the 1830s, how is it useful to think of slavery as a national – rather than regional – economic and political system?
2.Although some poor southern whites resented the dominance of the “slaveocracy,” most supported the institution and accepted the power of the planter class. Why did the “plain folk” continue to support slavery?
3.How did the planters’ paternalism serve to justify the system of slavery? How did it hide the reality of life for slaves?
4.Identify the basic elements of the proslavery defense and those points aimed especially at non-southern audiences?
5.How did enslaved people create community and a culture that allowed them to survive in an oppressive society?
6.Who was Denmark Vesey? What did he do? What inspired his actions?
