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Comparing Citizenships: Slavery, Indigeneity, and the American Government
Instruction: In the 21st Century, Historians have built digital exhibits where the public can access historic documents online. For this KA, you will explore 3 of them: The Lowcountry Digital History Initiative (which documents slavery in the Carolinas) and the Yale Avalon Project (which houses the nation's oldest federal laws and political documents. Get Exceptional Assignment Help for all forms of Assignments.
Additionally, you will examine the Code Noir - meaning the Black Code in French. This document consists of the laws produced by the French to govern slavery in their Caribbean colonies which were/are: St. Domingue (Now Haiti), Guadeloupe and Martinique, Saint Barthelemy, Martinique, Anguilla, Saint Lucia, and Saint Martin.
The Code Noir:
a.) Choose 4 articles (articles are technically laws) from this document. Put the article into your own words; then, analyze how the article shaped the life of the enslaved.
Use the organization below: Article (Insert Number)
Summary: What does this article say in plain terms? Analysis: What does it demand/prohibit/punish?