Author : Roy E. Finkenbine is history professor and director of the Black Abolitionist Archives at the University of Detroit Mercy.
Genre of history... Labor
America has a history of labor that Africans and African Americans worked as slaves in tobacco crops without freedom and human rights. Working conditions were harsh, treatments from owners weren't good, and slaves working with low salaries.
Author's argument and subject
Finkenbine was interested in the petition that the Massachusetts legislature granted her requests, hence individuals' petition might not have an extensive authority to the legislature and public. On the other hand, her petition was directly contrasted slavery's experience and fear of heavy working. In this article, he wanted…show more content… He reviewed each paragraphs what was written about. From first to fifth paragraph was written about background of Belinda's slavery experience. Then Finkenbine wrote processes of Belinda's petition how did her petition success and influenced future American slavery.
Evidences that author have used
Finkenbine briefly summarized five paragraphs in Belinda's petition and processes how did her petition was granted from the Massachusetts legislature. He cited from an original document of Belinda's petition. The original document is the best source for supporting his argument in this article. He also have used journals and narratives for earning general information about slave history in America. He might use data (e.g., number of slaves in America) if there is available.
Is author's argument convincing whole or not?
In my opinion, author's argument is convincing whole especially last part. He used Timothy Dwight's word to give an expression to audiences that Timothy Dwight substituted Belinda's feeling. I would recommend to read this article to students who is interested in North American history, hence it helps students to understand the detailed American history.
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