History of African Americans
Read the story link below
Autobiography of Rev. Thomas W. Henry, of the A.M.E. Church: Electronic Edition.
Henry Thomas W. 1794-1877
http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/henry/henry.html
1) Write a 5-7 page summary of the narrative, focusing on the following themes:A) Name
B) Place of Birth
C) Place or places of enslavement
D) Work
E) Family
F) Master-Salve Relationship (How did they describe the relationship with the master?)
G) Religious Life
I) Emancipation
J) Other interesting aspects of their experience as a slave.
2) After writing the summary address the following questions.
a) What did you learn about this particular slavery experience?
b) How did your ideas about North American slavery change after reading the narrative?
C) What was the most interesting part of their story?
Be sure to cite information from the narrative. In the summary please do not simply copy information word for word. Tell their story. You can quote the author from time to time. However do not simply re-write their words.
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He served under a Dutchman named Rikehardt who was very noble in the way of dressing and feeding. He was sold to Gilbert V. after he requested to be left to go because of the hardships that he experienced. He decided to come back to his previous master because he realized that Gilbert was worse than Rikehardt so he decided to go to John T. Mason who wrote…
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