The slave trade transformed America forever. Based on the slaves’ experience described in the primary sources’ the oral history of Esmeraldas, and the critical video of Palmares, place those unique experiences in the context of international commerce, migration, and capitalist expansion. How did slavery change their lives? How did they resist? What outcome did they experience?
You will answer all those questions by using Davis Eltis article (and/or other articles on the essays section at http://slavevoyages.org), the document on Primary Sources from the Transatlantic Slave Trade, uploaded on Nexus, the video clips of Esmeraldas and Palmares, and you can use the class lectures for general context.
As in any essay, you will start with an introduction (about 200 words) where you briefly describe the slave trade (two or three sentences), state the purpose of your work, your thesis, what are you doing, what sources are you using, and how are you doing it.
You need to place the slave trade in a historical context (about 200-250 words), analyze the sources, make comparisons, and provide an argument to your thesis (500-750 words) and finalize the essay with a conclusion where you summarize your findings (about 100-150 words).
Familiarize yourself with the Chicago Manual of Style for footnotes (no endnotes, no in-text citations!!!) and include a Bibliography (not Works Cited!!!) at the end of the essay.
Your final essay will be double-spaced and be of about 1200 words. Use Times New Roman, 12pt, or Arial, 11pt. font for writing it. Upload a .docx file on Nexus before the deadline. The file must be in this format:_Essay1.docx (don’t use another file format).
As the documents and the rest of the material are not standard citations, I provide the formats for the Chicago style.
For Footnotes, Santiago Carcelén Cornejo, Los Guardianes de La Marimba El Cununo y El Guasá. Esmeraldas, Ecuador., 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buJz6m6BEqM, 03:50.
The Great Griot, Who Said We Didn’t Fight Back? Quilombo Dos Palmares, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T77GRyXsxZ8, 03:50.
David Eltis, “A Brief Overview of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade,” Slave Voyages, 2007,https://www.slavevoyages.org/voyage/essays#interpretation/a-brief-overview-of-the-trans- atlantic-slave-trade/introduction/0/en/, Introduction, paragraph 2.
For Bibliography
Carcelén Cornejo, Santiago. Los Guardianes de La Marimba El Cununo y El Guasá. Esmeraldas, Ecuador., 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buJz6m6BEqM.
Eltis, David. “A Brief Overview of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.” Slave Voyages, 2007.https://www.slavevoyages.org/voyage/essays#interpretation/a-brief-overview-of-the- trans-atlantic-slave-trade/introduction/0/en/.
The Great Griot. Who Said We Didn’t Fight Back? Quilombo Dos Palmares, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T77GRyXsxZ8.
Twenty questions to write a wonderful essay
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Does the essay have my name/date?
Does the essay have a title?
Does the essay have course name/number?
Does the essay have the required length in word numbers?
Does the essay have the proper font and size?
Is the essay double spaced?
Is the essay free of grammar errors and typos?
Do the essay’s citations follow the Chicago Manual of Style?
Does the essay include footnotes (NO ENDNOTES)?
Does the essay have an introduction?
Does the introduction explain the purpose of the essay?
Does the essay have an identified thesis?
Does the introduction provide a road map?
Do the paragraphs connect each other with a transition sentence?
Does the essay provide an answer to the thesis?
Does the essay have a conclusion?
Does the conclusion summarize the essay’s main points?
Does the essay include a Bibliography (not Works Cited) at the end?
Does the file is in a .docx format?
Did I read and answer all the above questions?
Introduction requiments: An introduction clearly states the purpose of the essay, addresses the main points and provides a roadmap of the writing.
Thesis Statement requiments: Thesis statement is clearly stated, detailed and supported throughout the entire essay.
Supporting Research requirments: Strong peer‐ review research‐ based support for the essay.
Sources Format requirments: Footnotes and bibliography follow the Chicago Manual of Style.
Organization of Thought and Conclusion requirments: Work is clearly organized and easy for the reader to follow and it includes a conclusion.
Communication requirments: The Essay was free of grammar, spelling, and formatting errors. The final essay is between 1000‐1200 words.
Class videro scores: https: Esmeraldas- //www.youtube.com/watch?v=buJz6m6BEqM
Palmares- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T77GRyXsxZ8
Sample Solution