The second part of the essay is 1850s through the civil war (1880).

For the 2ND essay assignment in this class, you will choose one of the following: TIME TRAVEL OR FINDING A DIARY/JOURNAL to complete the assignment. In this paper, you can write about a person, place, event, or idea as long as you include the following specifications:

The first part of the Essay is AMERICAN REVOLUTION TO 1850s: any person, place, event, or idea mentioned during this time. Example: women’s roles during the American Revolution, Westward Expansion, Gold Rush, the Constitution, etc.

The second part of the Essay is 1850s THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR (1880). Examples: Slave Codes in the South, King Cotton, any aspect of the Civil War, etc.

* I chose : First Part :

Theodore Parker and the Abolitionist Role in the 1850s

The following source is a compilation of primary sources by Theodore Parker:

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/34573/34573-h/34573…

secondary sources

Heyrman, C. L. (2019). Christopher Grasso. Skepticism and American Faith: From the Revolution to the Civil War.

Levine, R. S. (2018). Larry J. Reynolds’s European Revolutions and the American Literary Renaissance Thirty Years Later. South Central Review, 35(3), 3-11.

Second part: The Jerry McHenry Rescue and the Growth of Northern Antislavery Sentiment during the 1850s.

The following sources is a newspaper article about the Jerry McHenry rescue:

http://www3.gettysburg.edu/~jrudy/History/Jerry%20Rescue/Processing/1851-10-04%20-%20New%20York%20Daily%20Times%20(New%20York,%20NY)%20-%20The%20Slave%20Case%20at%20Syracuse.pdf?

secondary sources

Fitzgerald, M. W. (2018). Alabama’s Class Politics Through The Civil War Crisis–And Its Echoes. Civil War Book Review, 20(1), 21.

Anderson, K. (2018). Slavery on the Periphery: The Kansas Missouri Border in the Antebellum and Civil War Eras. Civil War History, 64(1), 98-100

* 4-6 pages in length, typed & double-spaced

* 12 point font with Times New Roman preferred

* At least 2 primary sources used and 4 secondary sources for at least 6 sources total

* Endnotes to be used

* Avoid plagarisim

PART 1: 2-3 PAGES WITH 1 PRIMARY SOURCE AND AT LEAST 2 SECONDARY SOURCES USED.

PART 2: 2-3 PAGES WITH 1 PRIMARY SOURCE AND AT LEAST 2 SECONDARY SOURCES USED.