Chapter 11 Visions of Freedom

Submit your answers to these exercises as determined by your instructor.


“Slavery As it Exists in America” and “Slavery as it Exists in England”

Credits: Library of Congress

  1. To whom do you think this image is addressed, and is the audience likely to be convinced that slaves enjoy more freedom than English laborers?
  2. Why do you think the artist choose to compare the condition of slaves with that of English, not American, free laborers?
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