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    History 17A(T/TH) – Essay Assignment
    Assignment: 4-page essay (100 points)
    Due: May 13
    Discuss Readings: April 22
    Writing Workshop: May 6 (please note, I changed the date of the workshop so that you
    have a weekend between the workshop and due date)
    Type the essay double-spaced, justifying the left side only, and use one-inch margins all
    around, and indenting the first line on a paragraph. Do not leave additional blank lines between
    paragraphs. Use 12-point typeface Times font. The essay must be at least 4 FULL pages and
    no longer than 5 pages. Number the pages, staple them together, and do not fold them in any
    manner. I will not accept papers formatted in any other manner. Hence, I will hand the paper
    back to the student and s/he will have to wait to the next class period to submit the reformatted
    paper.

    Plagiarism, using the words or ideas of others without giving proper credit, will result in a
    grade of F for the paper. Plagiarism is defined by the Rules of Student Conduct: “the
    unauthorized use of the language and thought of another author and representing them as your
    own.”
    Late papers will be graded down using the formula below
    May 12: -10 points
    May 14: -20 points
    Prompt: How did labor conditions in the North and South compare in Antebellum
    America and what do the internal controversies say about these conditions?
    Examine the primary evidence to answer the prompt. Each piece of primary evidence
    must be addressed in the essay.
    a. This passage from Frederick Douglass’s memoirs, published in 1883, reflects back on
    the culture of slavery in the antebellum South
    b. George Fitzhugh, “The Blessings of Slavery” (1857)
    c. The Condition of the Operatives, from Voice of Industry, March 26, 1847,
    d. and “Pleasures of Factory Life” (Sarah G. Bagley, The Lowell Offering Series I, 1840,
    pp 25-26)
    e. The Lowell Offering: Mouthpiece of the Corporations?
    Report of Speech by Sarah G. Bagley – 07-10-45 and her response 07-17-45

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