Written Assignment 3

Please read the following primary documents regarding the experiences of working class whites in the North and slaves in the South.

First read these accounts regarding working class whites in the North:
- an Irish immigrant ,
- a cabinet-maker,
- and factory workers in New England.
Second read these accounts regarding the experiences of slaves,
- a report by slave owners,
- the "confession" of Nat Turner, who led a slave revolt,
- a description of the journey of a runaway slave,
- and a description of a slave market.

After reading these primary documents as well as the textbook and Course Lectures, compare and contrast the experiences of the emerging working class in the North and the slaves in the Antebellum South. How were their experiences similar? How were they different? Be sure to refer to the primary documents to illustrate and support your views.

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"Good-Bye Boys, I Die a True American": Homicide, Nativism, and Working-Class Culture in Antebellum New York City
An examination of the murder & funeral of William "Butcher Bill" Poole in New York City, NY, in 1855. Poole was a notorious gang leader & street thug, murdered by enemies of similar background. Despite his lowly SS, some 250,000 people attended Poole's funeral procession. The event is interpreted in terms of competing gender, ethnicity, & SC. Poole's murder & funeral only make sense in the broadest context of an emerging M street culture in a city only recently transformed by industrial-capitalist development. The rituals surrounding Poole's death & burial grew out of competing SC-based ideals of masculinity. While the murder was interpreted as part of a nativist upsurge -- & ethnic rivalries between street gangs were very intense during this era -- the gang members involved, whether native-born American or English or Irish immigrants, all shared a common way of life based on SC & gender. The contours of this Wc M subculture, with its love of prowess, bravado, & violence, is explored

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Witness for Freedom: African American Voices on Race, Slavery, and Emancipation by C. Peter Ripley (Editor); Roy E. Finkenbine (Editor); Michael F. Hembree (Editor); Donald Yacovone (Editor)
Publication Date: 1993
Life and Labor: Dimensions of American Working-class History by Charles Stephenson (Editor); Robert Asher (Editor)
Publication Date: 1986
Slavery Remembered: A Record of Twentieth-century Slave Narratives by Paul D. Escott
Publication Date: 1979
The Emergence of Modern America (1874-1917)
Publication Date: 2014

History 2010 - Toye (NeSCC): Written Assignment 3

Written Assignment 3

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