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Chapter Timeline

CHAPTER REVIEW

MAKING CONNECTIONSRecognize the larger developments and continuities within and across chapters by answering these questions.

  1. Question

    ACROSS TIME AND PLACE After reviewing the relevant materials in Chapters 3, 8, and 12, explain how the plantation economy and the system of slavery changed between 1720 and 1860.

  2. Question

    VISUAL EVIDENCE Chapter 12 contains a number of paintings or photographs of enslaved African Americans. In your judgment, do those images, either individually or as a group, capture the reality of slave life? Explain your position while evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of paintings and photographs as historical evidence.