Friday, October 12, 2012

Slavery and the Civil War Questions

With reference to at least two examples of slave rebellions, analyse the reaction to the rebellions in one country of the Americas. (2009)

For what reasons, and with what impact, did abolitionism develop in the north of the United States? (2008)

For what reasons and, in what ways, did supporters of slavery in the nineteenth century use legal, religious, and economic arguments in its defence? (2006)

Analyse the main arguments of those who supported slavery and those who opposed slavery. (2005)

"Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task." ~William James