Discussion 4 Questions, AFAS 306: Answers Provided. Graded A

Part I: Nov 17, 18, 19; Part II (for Peer Responses): Nov 20 & 21 YOU MUST PARTICIPATE AT LEAST IN PART I to receive any points. Participating in Part II only is UNACCEPTABLE, and no points. Discussion Forums in this c ...

Part I: Nov 17, 18, 19; Part II (for Peer Responses): Nov 20 & 21 YOU MUST PARTICIPATE AT LEAST IN PART I to receive any points. Participating in Part II only is UNACCEPTABLE, and no points. Discussion Forums in this course are designed to enable you to demonstrate your command of the course materials (to show your knowledge) that you have studied so far, share your knowledge with your peers, and to provide the opportunity for intellectual debates on the topics. You should *follow all the instructions provided, including using MLA style citation to show your sources. See the very helpful Samples provided in the Discussion Guide. • Additional Instructions are also provided *below every question. • To help, you have been provided with the specific pages of the assigned materials. • Cite your source using MLA. No Source, No points. • NO MORE THAN 1 Direct Quote when discussing each question; No Direct Quote to finish your own sentence or thought. Direct Quotes should be used as evidence only. • Emailed postings will not be accepted or graded. ========= Please begin by greeting your classmates (briefly). Discussion Questions/topics: Q1. Reading: Week 8 reading Behind the Scenes by Elizabeth Keckley, eBook 2011 edition. Access the eBook via Week 8. Once you have opened the book, go to Table of Contents (of the book), and click on Summary section (or chapter). Please read BEFORE discussing the question: A. Based on first 13 lines of Summary, please introduce Elizabeth Keckley, in minimum 210 words (meaning write her bio). NO ADDED COMMENTS/Opinion or extra information, except what is covered in the 1st 13 sentences of Summary. Show your source using MLA style, and ONLY as (Keckley Summary) NO MORE than 1 BRIEF Direct Quote (no more than 1 line only). 3 points B. Then, in minimum of 120 words discuss by comparing Elizabeth Keckley’s life (based on the brief bio you have learned and written about, with Harriet Jacob’s life (born as a slave or free; parents; place of birth and when, place of living; how they were treated by their master; marriage; how they freed themselves from slavery; and whether they both had children). Please avoid commenting using your own experiences in 21st century. 2 points Show your source using MLA style and only as (Keckley Summary). NO MORE than 1 BRIEF Direct Quote (no more than 1 line only). No source, NO points. 1.5 points ========= Q2. Reading: Week 8 reading Behind the Scenes by Elizabeth Keckley, eBook 2011 edition. Access the eBook via Week 8. Once you have opened the book, go to Table of Contents (of the book), and click on Behind The Scenes; then select chapter I; pages 20-21; Chap II, pp. 24-27 Please read before discussing the topic/s: A. Elizabeth Keckley was a young child when their slaveowner Mr. Burwell sold her father to another slave master in Dinwiddie in the West. Her mother grieved for days over the loss of her husband. The father cried out against this cruel separation. Elizabeth Keckley never saw her father again. He did exchange some letters with Elizabeth’s mom (his wife). In your own words, discuss what was the mistress’s reaction to Elizabeth’s mother grieving for losing her husband? In minimum of 45 words. Please avoid commenting using your own experiences in 21st century. 1.5 points Show your source using MLA style and exactly as (Keckley 20) or (Keckley 21). NO MORE than 1 BRIEF Direct Quote (no more than 1 line only), points will be deducted for longer direct quotes. No source, NO points. B. In Chapter II (start with the middle of p. 24, when she was 18 & continue on p. 25, the entire p. 25), Elizabeth spoke of her life and experiences under her master Mr. Burwell, and later Mr. Bingham (the acting master for a short time) and how Mr. Bingham treated her (mainly influenced by her mistress Mr. Burwell) when she was 18 (yr 1899), the brief reaction of her real master Mr. Burwell, and her own reaction and anguish. In your own words, discuss in at least minimum of 245 words discussing the points noted above. Please avoid commenting using your own experiences in 21st century. 3 points Show your source using MLA style and only as (Keckley 24) or (Keckley 25). NO MORE than 1 BRIEF Direct Quote (no more than 1 line only). No source, NO points. C. Then, in minimum of 50 words discuss why you believe her master Mr. Burwell would not protect her. 1.5 points ======== Q3. Reading: Week 8 reading Behind the Scenes by Elizabeth Keckley, eBook 2011 edition. Access the eBook via Week 8. Once you have opened the book, go to Table of Contents (of the book), and click on Behind The Scenes; then select chapter III; pages 29-31; & p. 33 Please read before discussing the topic/s: A. In chapter 3, Elizabet Keckley’s life under Mr. Burwell, in North Carolina ended. Mr. Burwell had died and Mrs. Burwell remarried to Mr. Garland, who lived in Virginia and then moved to St. Louise, where slavery was still practiced. After years of service to Mr. Garland, and even helping Mr. Garland and his large family (17 people) during his personal economic crisis by sewing dresses for white ladies, Elizabeth decided to buy her freedom as well as her son’s freedom (George). By then (1840s), Elizabeth had acquired a reputation of great seamstress among ladies of high societies, and knew that she could easily take care for herself and her son. What was her master Mr. Garland’s reaction at first & WHY, when she asked to buy her freedom? And finally, after a long time, how & why did he agree? Discuss in minimum of 250 words in your own words. Please avoid commenting using your own experiences in 21st century. Show your source using MLA style and exactly as (Keckley 31). NO MORE than 1 BRIEF Direct Quote (no more than 1 line only), points will be deducted for longer direct quotes. No source, NO points. 3 points B. Please read before discussing the topic/s: It took several years before Elizabeth Keckley was able to purchase her freedom, she had even planned to travel to New York to ask some members of abolitionist society to raise money for her. Finally in June of 1855, chance knocked on her door, when she had lost all hopes. What happened, according to Elizabeth, and what was her reaction at last? See paragraphs 2, 3, 4, & 5 on page 33. In your own words, minimum of 200 words, discuss the details. Please avoid commenting using your own experiences in 21st century. 2 points. Show your source using MLA style and only as (Keckley 33). NO MORE than 1 BRIEF Direct Quote (no more than 1 line only). No source, NO points. ===== Q4. Reading: Week 8 reading Behind the Scenes by Elizabeth Keckley, eBook 2011 edition. Access the eBook via Week 8. Once you have opened the book, go to Table of Contents (of the book), and click on Behind The Scenes; then select chapter IV; pages 38-39 A. In chapter IV, Elizabeth Keckley wrote how before the outbreak of the Civil War (1861-65), while living in Washington, she became a dressmaker to the wives of many senators in Washington and even representative of Southern states (whites only), who, despite her slave background, valued her service and treated her with respect even by the women of the high society in the South (Elizabeth was now a free black woman). Who were these women exactly, what was Elizabeth’s experience with Mrs. Davis and what did Mrs. Davis do for her exactly; reaction of her husband Mr. Davis and who was he exactly (see long paragraph on p. 39). Discuss in your own words (minimum of 150 words) the details with specific names, etc. Please avoid commenting using your own experiences in 21st century. 2.5 points. Show your source using MLA style and only as (Keckley 38) or (Keckley 39). NO MORE than 1 BRIEF Direct Quote (no more than 1 line only). No source, NO points. B. Pages 43-44 in Chapter V. While in Washington, Elizabeth Keckley also met Mrs. Gen. McCLean, daughter of General Sumner, a Union Army Officer. Mrs. McClean became one of the most well-known patron of Elizabeth, and even in one occasion, in 1860, when Mrs. McClean needed a new dress for a special occasion, she made a promise to Elizabeth in return for making her a dress no later than that Sunday. What was Mrs. McClean’s promise and to whom did she introduce Elizabeth, and why did it turn out to be “the best that could have been offered” & what did Elizabeth have to do? Discuss them all in your own words, in minimum of 200 words. Please avoid commenting using your own experiences in 21st century. 2.5 points Show your source using MLA style and only as (Keckley 43) or (Keckley 44). NO MORE than 1 BRIEF Direct Quote (no more than 1 line only). No source, NO points. ========= Bonus points (1.5 points): Based on pp. 108-09 in Chap XIV, Elizabeth Keckley seemed to “take a slight retrospective glance” at her life as a slave for her owners Mr. & Mrs. Garland from whom she was eventually able to buy her own and her son’s freedom. Elizabeth eventually lost trace of the Garland family, but it appears that she never truly forgot about them and often talked about them to her friends in the North (in Washington), with sincere fondness. Her Northern friends would always roll up their eyes when Elizabeth would mention their names and express interest in knowing about the welfare of her ex-owners. In your own words (in minimum of 180 words), explain what do you believe contributed to Elizabeth’s kind attitude and thoughts towards her owners? Was it about the peculiar nature of relationship between masters and slaves? OR, was it mainly because she did not view herself as a victim of slavery, and instead as a black woman, who had transcended the barriers imposed by slavery and by a highly racialized society, and had established her own identity as a black woman? PLEASE DO NOT argue that it was because her owners were good to her (that is not what I am looking for in your answer). Keep in mind that her owner did not truly wish to free her.