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Julie Treadwell replied to John Lee's discussion 'Working with the documents - Infering and corroborating evidence about life for slaves (Activity III)'

Doctors What was the purpose of doctors in relation to slaves in 1846? Summarizing: The three letters I read were written by Lewellyn in 1846. All of the letters are to the point. They are from Lewellyn to Cameron updating him on the status of his…

September 15

Julie Treadwell replied to John Lee's discussion 'Working with documents - Contextualizing historical information about life for slaves (Activity II)'

Summarizing: This document, in the form of an interview, gave a slave perspective of what plantation life was life. Doc Edwards, the speaker and slave of Paul Cameron, explained how the slaves got by on the plantation. He and the other slaves made a…

September 7

Julie Treadwell replied to John Lee's discussion 'Working with documents - Summarizing historical information about life for slaves (Activity I)'

1. What type of historical document is the source? The historical document I read is a letter. 2. What specific information, details and/or perspectives does the source provide? The source provides specific information about Paul Cameron getting ho…

September 7

Julie Treadwell is now a member of Plantation Letters

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September 5