Essay #1 Options

Essay #1 is due Wednesday, February 9. The Dropbox closes at 11:59 pm but please try to submit your essay well ahead of that deadline.

You have two options for your essay question.

Option A: Explain the evolution of slavery in the southern colonies of British North America from 1619 through the early 1700s. How did the status of African

Americans change over this time?

Option B: Prior to the American Revolution, in what ways did African Americans seek self-determination? How did the Revolution provide both new opportunities for

freedom and a hardening of slavery?

Please see the Essay Guidelines and the Writing Guide for how to approach your essay.