Take the view of an abolitionist.

The purpose of this assignment is for students to understand both sides of the slavery issue, which was highly charged in the antebellum era (1800-1860).Students need to argue either for or against slavery using the opinions which were prevalent during the ante-bellum era 1800-1860.Students with last name A -L must argue in favor of Slavery. Those with last name M – Z must argue against, take the view of an abolitionist.Students should look upinformation from your text (Chpt. 11), The Module about Slavery,the web links listed below:Additional web sites are listed in your text,Abolitionists:African American Odyssey: Abolition, Anti-Slavery Moveme(Links to an external site.) and the Rise of the Sectional Controversy (Part 1Africans in America the PBS (Links to an external site.) series. Scroll to resources under theepisodes during the early 19th century.http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/ (Links to an external site.) a list of primary sources- from the slave’s perspective.pro-slavery viewpoint George Fitzhugh see:http://americainclass.org/a-pro-slavery-argument/ (Links to an external site.)*Amistad (slave boat – trial) http://www.npg.si.edu/col/Amistad/ (Links to an external site.) for a preview of the film:*slave revolts such as Nat Turner – http://docsouth.unc.edu/highlights/turner.html (Links to an external site.)*Slave narratives – http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/ (Links to an external site.)Pro-Slavery viewpoint: John C.Calhoun scroll to Anti-AbolitionRemember that this was a volatile topic in the 1800’s.Elisha Lovejoy from Alton Illinois, an abolitionist editor was killed for expressing his views ,http://www.altonweb.com/history/lovejoy/ (Links to an external site.) and Senator Preston Brooks caned Senator Charles Sumner in the halls of Congress. https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/The_Caning_of_Senator_Charles_Sumner.htm (Links to an external site.)Opinions of students should be honored as acting.