Primary Source Analysis

You will read six primary sources about the Middle Passage.

Write a short paper (2-3 pages; standard formatting, double spaced, times new roman, 12 point font) that analyzes the documents. You must put the documents into conversation with each other.

By using all of these documents together, what do you learn about the slave trade?

How do these documents complement each other?

How do these documents contradict each other?

What impact does “time period” have on understanding the content of a document?

Which document(s) do you find most “reliable,” and why?

No need for bibliography but need to cite sources frequently throughout the paper with the author’s name, page number). Example would be (Wilson, 5).