1. Unit 3: Civil War

2. Agenda The West states quiz
Finish “The Peculiar Institution” questions
12 Years A Slave
Intro
Assignment

3. 12 Years A Slave First published in 1854 Memoir by Solomon Northup
Free black man from New York
1841: Invited to play his fiddle in DC
Drugged, kidnapped, sold as a slave & shipped to New Orleans
1853 a Canadian helped get word to NY, Governor steps in & Northup is freed
Slave trader acquitted

4. 12 Years A Slave Published 1854, 1 year after Northup was freed
Came out after Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Northup’s story used by abolitionist groups as part of the fight against slavery

5. Book Club 12 Years A Slave book club Purpose of a book club:
6 selections
You read 1 & be prepared to share
In small groups, everyone will share their reading & then discuss the book as a whole
Purpose of a book club:
Promote discussion and analysis of a book
Promote active, rather than passive, reading
To enjoy reading

6. Read & Annotate: Highlight pieces you want to share Write down:
definitions of words you don’t know
main ideas that you want to share
questions you have/want to talk about
Key question: What does Northup’s story tell us about slavery?

7. Reminder
The North & The South packets are due on Monday (if you haven’t turned them in already).