For this assignment, you will need to read two primary sources, and a very short introduction on the subject, and then write a primary source analysis that is no less than 3 pages long. First, you need to read the “Summary and Keywords” section of the article entitled Ideas of Race in Early America. (3 paragraphs long). This will serve as a very basic overview for contextual purposes. Second, you need to read Thomas Jefferson’s Racism, 1788. Third, you need to read George Fitzhugh Argues that Slavery is Better than Liberty and Equality, 1854. (Both the Jefferson and Fitzhugh sources can be located in the Primary Source Reader, located in your online textbook, The American Yawp, in chapters 7 and 11 respectively.)After reading these sources, you will use the information learned to answer the following questions, again, in no less than 3 pages, but no more than 4 pages. Your answers should have a clear thesis and conclusion, and they MSUT be written as a Word document in Times New Roman, 12-point font, double spaced, with 1-inch margins.For both the Jefferson and Fitzhugh sources, in approximately 1 page per source, you need to answer the following:Who is the author and what is the author’s main argument?What is the basic content of the source and how does the author support their position?What conclusions are drawn by the author and what are the broad implications of the argument?The 3-4 pages will make up your comparative analysis of the two sources, and you need to answer each of the following questions:How are the two sources similar and how are they different? (Think about each author’s tone, the type of argument being made, the language and word choice used, and the type, or kind, of evidence each relied upon to draw their conclusions.)In what ways do you see Jefferson’s argument of 1788 influencing Fitzhugh’s argument of 1854?
