Read one of the following accounts of life and beliefs in the early America.
Benjamin Wadsworth, A Well-Ordered Family(Boston, 1712). About the duties of husbands and wives
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl- Harriet Jacobs- Choose two chapters to read from her account of slavery
Alexander Falconbridge's account of the slave trade
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa the African (1789)- traces his life from his capture to the Middle Passage, and his life as a slave.
Thomas Morton, Description of the Indians in New England (1637)
The Adventures of Daniel Boone
Benjamin Franklin, How I Became a Printer in Philadelphia
Write a blog or paragraph summary to share what you learned about their life.
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