History 2501
ESSAY 2- The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
1st Draft Due- Peer Review, Friday, April 29th
Final Due Date- MAY 6, 8 am
In an 8-10 page essay, you will engage with, and/or challenge, an existing interpretation of the economic, political, or moral issues that have surrounded the history of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.
By examining the historical arguments that are presented in both Robert O. Collins Problems in Precolonial Africa and the David Northrup's Atlantic Slave Trade collection your argument should engage with differing ideas about the rise and fall of the Atlantic Slave Trade and how this mode of production affected both African and European peoples socially, culturally and economically (you do not necessarily need to include all three).
You should analyze how your argument relates to an existing thread of scholarship and use no less than four sources, including at least ONE primary source, as well as the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database as your evidence. Please provide foot notes as well as a bibliography.
All essays must be turned in on 8 ½ x 11” paper and use 12 point font. All titles need to be centered. All drafts must be double-spaced and have 1” margins. Pages should be numbered and stapled together. First/second drafts and AST 1 must be included and may contain corrections and comments in pencil or ink, but final drafts should be as free from error as possible. Any papers that do not conform to these standards will not be accepted.
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