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A. Analyze similarities and differences in how two of the secondary sources in the
attached "Secondary Sources List" represent the institution of
slavery (suggested length of 4–6 paragraphs) by doing the following:
Secondary sources selected: “What’s your name? Kunta Kinte” and “Slavery!
Slavery!.
1. Describe how each chosen source represents the institution of slavery. Include
two specific examples for each source and how those examples represent the
history of slavery.
A.1.1 “What’s your name, Kunta Kinte.” This short video clip of the miniseries is
based on the Novel “Roots” by Alex Haley (1976). Show us that Kunta Kinte, a
Black American fictional character, is being hung by his hands in a brutal public
demonstration of power, ready to be whipped, as ordered by his slaveholder. The
whole purpose of the demonstration was to show the power the white American
people had over the black Americans by forcing Kunta to forget his native name
and acknowledge everyone present. Witness the power the slaveholder has over
Kunta with an inhumane, brutal act. Kunta, like any other human being, succumbs
to the torture, and when asked “What is your name?” by the slaveholder, he
whispers, “Toby.” Furthermore, this demonstration was commonly used to show
everyone the outcome of disobeying their master (Haley, 1977)
A.1.2 Slavery! Slavery! By Kara Walker. With her black paper silhouettes, Walker
shows us the story of the forced labor and inhumane actions performed during the
antebellum slave era, based on historical documentation like personal narratives,
drawings, and letters of contemporary military black Americans. Some examples
could be “The Gettysburg Address,” “A Grand Army of Black Man,” “Effect of the
fugitive slaves,” and many others. The silhouettes are of White Americans walking
pretentiously in their big, pompous dresses during their morning walks to church.
At the same time, other figures represent black Americans with raggedy clothes
working on the plantations in their daily routine to enrich their masters. You can
clearly distinguish one of these figures representing the labor that black
Americans were forced to do as an example, the picking of the cotton fields in the
southern regions of the colonies; she also helps us visualize the inhuman acts of
the plantation owners as an example the chaining a human being follow by the
enslaver to the auctions to be sold to their new master with her art. Her art shows
us, in general, the disturbing scene of power and violence between the enslaved
people and enslavers during the antebellum; she uses her art to help us see far
beyond the silhouette; she shows us the cruel reality of the slavery era of our
country. (Walker, 2008)
2. Describe the intended audience for each of the chosen secondary sources.
A.2.1 As Alex Haley expressed during his interview, the audience when “Roots”
was published (1976) was after what he called the “Civil Rights Struggle.” At that
time, people at least understood what was presented to them. He mentioned that if
this book had been published during 1966-1968, the hit wouldn’t have been the
same; this book would have caused more anger rather than just used to inform,
Javier Sandoval Milan 011693614
A. Analyze similarities and differences in how two of the secondary sources in the
attached "Secondary Sources List" represent the institution of
slavery (suggested length of 4–6 paragraphs) by doing the following:
Secondary sources selected: “What’s your name? Kunta Kinte” and “Slavery!
Slavery!.
1. Describe how each chosen source represents the institution of slavery. Include
two specific examples for each source and how those examples represent the
history of slavery.
A.1.1 “What’s your name, Kunta Kinte.” This short video clip of the miniseries is
based on the Novel “Roots” by Alex Haley (1976). Show us that Kunta Kinte, a
Black American fictional character, is being hung by his hands in a brutal public
demonstration of power, ready to be whipped, as ordered by his slaveholder. The
whole purpose of the demonstration was to show the power the white American
people had over the black Americans by forcing Kunta to forget his native name
and acknowledge everyone present. Witness the power the slaveholder has over
Kunta with an inhumane, brutal act. Kunta, like any other human being, succumbs
to the torture, and when asked “What is your name?” by the slaveholder, he
whispers, “Toby.” Furthermore, this demonstration was commonly used to show
everyone the outcome of disobeying their master (Haley, 1977)
A.1.2 Slavery! Slavery! By Kara Walker. With her black paper silhouettes, Walker
shows us the story of the forced labor and inhumane actions performed during the
antebellum slave era, based on historical documentation like personal narratives,
drawings, and letters of contemporary military black Americans. Some examples
could be “The Gettysburg Address,” “A Grand Army of Black Man,” “Effect of the
fugitive slaves,” and many others. The silhouettes are of White Americans walking
pretentiously in their big, pompous dresses during their morning walks to church.
At the same time, other figures represent black Americans with raggedy clothes
working on the plantations in their daily routine to enrich their masters. You can
clearly distinguish one of these figures representing the labor that black
Americans were forced to do as an example, the picking of the cotton fields in the
southern regions of the colonies; she also helps us visualize the inhuman acts of
the plantation owners as an example the chaining a human being follow by the
enslaver to the auctions to be sold to their new master with her art. Her art shows
us, in general, the disturbing scene of power and violence between the enslaved
people and enslavers during the antebellum; she uses her art to help us see far
beyond the silhouette; she shows us the cruel reality of the slavery era of our
country. (Walker, 2008)
2. Describe the intended audience for each of the chosen secondary sources.
A.2.1 As Alex Haley expressed during his interview, the audience when “Roots”
was published (1976) was after what he called the “Civil Rights Struggle.” At that
time, people at least understood what was presented to them. He mentioned that if
this book had been published during 1966-1968, the hit wouldn’t have been the
same; this book would have caused more anger rather than just used to inform,
