Pre Activity Questions

1. What do you know about the history of African Americans before the Civil War? -Harsh treatment, manual labor, inhumane, triangular trade, African slave posts 2. When did Slavery in the US begin? End? -begin: 1st African Americans brought to Jamestown in 1619, 1670s slave codes made slavery a legal throughout the American Colonies -end: End of Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation, The 13th Amendment

Post Activity Questions

3. Describe Harriet Jacobs thoughts and feelings towards slavery -Slavery destroys morality, no rights, negative domesticity, brutality, deprivation, treated unequally, not truly free 4. What was Jacobs purpose of writing this novel? Who was the intended audience? -Written in order to promote the antislavery cause and get a rise out of northerners -intended audience was Americans who still needed convincing that slavery was unconstitutional or those who were on the fence about the issue of slavery 5. What actions would you have taken upon reading this novel in the 1800s?

-Started anti-slavery movement, ran for political office, fought for freedom, interviewed slaves, newspaper articles, taken photos