What does this account reveal about the nature of slavery and how slavery affected southern society?

Discussion Board 5
Read Chapters 9 & 10 and the Monroe Doctrine.
Once all reading is complete, respond to the following items:
The Monroe Doctrine
became one of the crucial foundations of American foreign policy over the
next century; what was the occasion for Monroe’s articulation of this
doctrine, and what were the circumstances motivating its adoption?
What reasons were used
by Monroe to justify this foreign policy pronouncement, and how do they
relate to arguments made during the revolutionary and early republic
periods?

Discussion Board 6
Read Chapters 11 & 12 and the information
included in Incidents in the Life of a
Slave Girl; Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl; scroll down the
document at this website and read through Chapters V, VI, and VII of the
account by ex-slave Harriet Jacobs. Once all reading is complete, respond to
the following item(s):
What does this account
reveal about the nature of slavery and how slavery affected southern
society?
How did Jacobs resist
the sexual predation of her master?
Describe the
relationship between Jacobs and her mistress.

Discussion Board 7
Read Chapters 13 & 14 and the Emancipation Proclamation Transcript.
Once all reading is complete, respond to the following items:
In early 1863, President
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Why did Lincoln decide
to issue the Proclamation at this particular time?
What factors
determined this decision?
What did the President
hope to gain?
What were the
limitations of the Proclamation, and what was its larger historical
significance?

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