Hawkins Wilson started his life as a slave in Virginia in the early 1830s and was sold in 1843 to a slave owner in Texas. Two years after the Civil War ended, Wilson mailed a letter to the Freedman’s Bureau, which had been established by the United States to help former slaves move from slavery to Freedom, and enclosed with it a letter to his sister, Sarah.

Wilson’s letter provides a slave perspective from within the institution of slavery. Your assignment is to read and analyze these letters to provide a narrative about the lives of slaves.

Your response should be up to two pages long. It should include a clear thesis and a set of arguments that responds to the questions below.

Questions to be answered:

What can we learn about Hawkins Wilson’s life from his letter?

• How do these letters help us to understand the lives of slaves?
• How is the information in the letter the same or different from other primary or secondary sources on slavery?
• What is the significance of this document for understanding the institution of slavery?
• Please pose at least one discussion question about this reading. What do you think is important to talk about with regard to this text?

Responses will be graded according to the following criteria:

• Does the response address all the questions posed?
• Does the response demonstrate that the student has done a close and careful reading of the text?
• Does the response offer a thoughtful engagement with the text?
• Does the response demonstrate a concerted effort to think about the significance of the text and its relationship to course topics?
• Does the response make sense? Are the ideas within it clearly communicated?
• Is the response written in essay form, with a thesis, a set of paragraphs that each address a distinct argument in support of the thesis, and a conclusion?

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