Slavery in Brazil and the U.S. Southern States

Comparison of U.S. Slavery with slavery in Brazil.

Labor shortages leading to indentured servitude and various kinds of coercion of native Americans and Africans began almost as soon as Europeans arrived in the Caribbean. These various forms of forced labor eventually morphed into race-based slavery as it became clear that the production of products such as sugar, tobacco, coffee and cotton was immensely lucrative. The primary destinations of the importation of slaves from Africa to the Americas was Brazil, Cuba and the southern portion of the United States. Although conditions were brutal in all three locations, there were significant differences between them.

Countries that abolished slavery early included Chile (1823) and Great Britain (1833). In the later half of the nineteenth century, only three countries still allowed legal slavery, the United States, Cuba and Brazil.

In this writing assignment, write an essay comparing the institution of slavery in Brazil with the United States and the process of abolition.

INSTRUCTIONS:

In order to prepare you may use the following readings and/or other sources:

Review and identify the sections of Chapter 3, British North America of The American YAWP ( ) that address the topics that are relevant to this essay.
Read the linked articles and use at least one of them for your essay to support your discussion:

Carl N. Degler. Slavery in Brazil and the United States: An Essay in Comparative History, The American Historical Review, Vol. 75, No. 4 (Apr., 1970), pp. 1004-1028. Degler-SlaveryBrazilUnited-1970-2.pdf

Leslie Bethell. Book chapter: The decline and fall of slavery in Brazil (185088) in Brazil: Essays on History and Politics: University of London Press. (2018). Bethell-declinefallslavery-2018.pdf

Richard Graham. Slavery and Economic Development: Brazil and the United States South in the Nineteenth Century: Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 23, No. 4 (Oct., 1981), pp. 620-655. Graham-SlaveryEconomicDevelopment-1981.pdf

also Martin-SlaveryAbolitionBrazil-1933.pdf

You can also feel free to use the following Crash Course in World History videos:

John Green. Slavery – Crash Course US History #13 (May 2, 2013).

John Green. The Atlantic Slave Trade: Crash Course World History #24 (July 5, 2012).

if you use ChatGPT or any other AI source, please provide a citation DO NOT COPY AND PASTE!).

In addition to the textbook, you may use any material outside of the textbook that is recommended in the Additional Reading section at the end of each chapter. You are also encouraged to do your own research and identify relevant sources.

PREPARE AND SUBMIT:

Write a well-organized essay, a minimum of 1200 words (but not limited to), including supporting details from the documents/textbook/other sources in which you analyze and discuss the material that has been assigned by addressing the following question:

Grading Criteria:

Analysis and discussion (25%) Does your paper have a clear, singular, specific argument that answers the question?
Evidence (25%) Do you use all of the relevant evidence to defend your argument? Do you have properly formatted citations and a list of references?
Organization (25%) Does your paper have a logical structure and use clear topic sentences and transitions?
Formatting and Clarity: (25%) Do you have information on identity and purpose on a cover page at the top of your essay? Is your prose efficient, crisp and polished, free of excessive passive voice or distracting spelling or grammatical errors?

Formatting:

12-pt., Times New Roman font, double-spaced
1 margins
1200-1500 words (4-5 full, double-spaced pages)

All written work must comply with standard English rules, such as proper capitalization, grammar, and spelling. The assignment must be submitted by the deadline listed on the calendar.

Reminders

Use Microsoft WORD to write the essays. The acceptable submission file types are .doc, .docx, and .rtf.
Prepare the assignment as a Word Document, double-spaced, and using a standard font of 12 points.
Paragraphs in an essay are not numbered. Any questions that are associated with an assigned reading are there to serve as a guide for your discussion.
Please do not use headings, subheads, numbered paragraphs, or bullet points. These are not proper formatting for a college essay and they raise suspicions of plagiarism with ChatGPT.
Pay attention to proper formatting for the cover page, in-text citations, and the final list of references. You can easily find formatting guidelines on google or YouTube.
Your discussion should incorporate all of the information from the documents and or textbook, and outside sources as one essay.
Students are required to research and incorporate into their discussions additional sources that relate to the content. Recommendations can be found at the end of the textbook chapter in Additional Reading.
All statements must be supported, and all sources must be identified and cited, and included in your reference list. This also applies to the textbook. Failure to do so constitutes Plagiarism, and the college has strict policies and penalties for failure to comply. Under the Resources, you will find links to sites that review how to format a paper or essay. I recommend that students use APA or Chicago Style to format their essay. Students should ask their instructor which format style they prefer you to use.
Proofread your work. Make sure that you have looked for all of the spelling and grammatical errors and corrected them, and that you have organized your work into coherent paragraphs.

Requirements:

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Slavery in Brazil and the U.S. Southern States

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