Comparative Questions?

1. How might de Tocqueville (Document 27-2) have analyzed the upheaval of nation building as it is presented in Bolívar’s Jamaica Letter (Document 27-1)?
2. What light do the documents in this chapter shed on the persistence of economic inequality in the Americas? Which groups were in the best position to benefit from the opportunities the Americas presented? Which were in the worst position?
3. Compare and contrast Harriet Beecher Stowe’s account of slavery (Document 27-4) with that of Olaudah Equiano (see Document 20-4). What techniques of persuasion did both authors employ?
4. How might Stowe (Document 27-4) and Grimke (Document 27-3) have responded to Anna Maria Falconbridge’s description of life on board a slave ship (see Document 20-3)? What fault might they have found with her characterization of slavery, slaves, and slave owners?