An argumentative thesis-driven analysis of any aspect of Frederick Douglass’ autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Writing Prompt Questions to Consider: (your paper should not try to systematically answer each of these questions): • What did “slavery” and “freedom” mean to Douglass? How does Douglass change throughout the book, and […]
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Consider the arguments made by Sun Yat-Sen and Francis Fukuyama. To what extent do these two authors agree with regard to Chinese society’s capacities for adopting and implementing democracy? To what extent do they disagree? Explain
Consider the ideas about “rights” that are set forth in (a) the Declaration of Independence of the United States and (b) the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen from Revolution-era France. Does Frederick Douglass’s “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” represent a rejection, a criticism, or an endorsement of the […]
