Objective:

Examine the

question –

Should former

slaveholders be

placed on

American

Money?

Homework:

Stay safe

Stay Sane

Stay out of

trouble

Vocabulary: Founding

Fathers

Essay Question:

Many of our early Presidents were slave holders. Should we deny them honor as “Founding Fathers”?

OR

Should Thomas Jefferson come off the Nickel?

Argue Yes or No

D-Tag

Define the question

Turn the question into a

statement

Answer the question

Give examples to

support your point of

view

Define The Question

Since he was a slaveholder, should Thomas Jefferson’s image come off the Nickel?

Ask any kind of question you want

Remember, many early founders were slaveholders

Slaveholding presidents: Following is the number of slaves each of the 12 slaveholding

presidents owned. (CAPS indicate the president owned slaves while serving as the chief executive):

- GEORGE WASHINGTON (between 250-350 slaves)- THOMAS JEFFERSON (about 200)- JAMES MADISON (more than 100)- JAMES MONROE (about 75)- ANDREW JACKSON (fewer than 200)- Martin Van Buren (one)- William Henry Harrison (eleven)- JOHN TYLER (about 70)- JAMES POLK (about 25)- ZACHARY TAYLOR (fewer than 150)- Andrew Johnson (probably eight)- Ulysses S. Grant (probably five)

Phillis Wheatley

1753 – December

5, 1784

The first published

African American poet

Wrote her first poems as

a slave

Kidnapped in Africa in

1761

Phillis Wheatley

Emancipated (Freed) in

1773

Took her name from the

Wheatley family that

purchased her and the

Phillis, the slave ship

that brought her to

America

Phillis Wheatley

Known and read

by people like

George

Washington and

John Hancock

Died at 31 from

childbirth

"On being brought from Africa to

America"

Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land,Taught my benighted soul to understandThat there's a God, that there's a Saviourtoo:Once I redemption neither sought nor knew.Some view our sable race with scornful eye,"Their colour is a diabolic dye."Remember, Christians, Negroes, black as Cain,May be refin'd, and join th' angelic train.´

(Class work – what do you think of this poem?)

Class work:

Reflect on Phillis

Wheatley

What did she

mean when she

said “Twas

mercy brought

me from my

Pagan land”?