Charles Walker Web Research

Charles T. Walker
http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/floyd/floyd.html

Biographical sketch/history: birth, birth place, schooling, significant events, historical significance, partners or spouses, children, death, and any other notable information.

Primary Research 3: History of the First African Baptist Church

Primary Research III, History of the First African Baptist Church

http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/love/love.html

1. Who wrote this document?



2. (Introduction) What did McNeal say was the goal of the white press?





3. (Introduction) What did Walker say was the historical significance of the First African Baptist Church in Savannah?




4. (Preface) What is the argument discussed in the preface?




5. (Page 1) Where and when was the First African Baptist Church organized?




6. (Page 8) What happened in 1832?

Primary Document Research V: Observation and Imagination

Primary Document Research (V)

http://docsouth.unc.edu/global/result.html?term=Portraits.

Instructions: choose five or six portraits. For each one, list the title of the portrait or name of the person. Describe the portrait in detail: number of people in the portrait, age, sex, and any important details (clothing, attitude, background, etc).

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6-10. Choose one of your portraits, and write a short story about the portrait subject and what they did the day of the portrait on the back of the page.

Augusta Canal Prep

Augusta Canal Prep
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3039
http://www.augustacanal.com/history.html


1. When was the canal built?


2. Who was responsible for the canal?


3. Who designed the canal?


4. What important Civil War plant was in Augusta?


5. Who was Dennis Cahill?


Extra Credit: List up to four facts about the canal.

The Confederate Bomb Brothers

History of Augusta

http://maic.jmu.edu/JOURNAL/6.1/notes/robbins/robbins.htm


Who were the “bomb brothers”?



How was the Greyhound destroyed?



What were Confederate "torpedoes”?



What was a "sub-terra explosive shell”?




What did General Edward Bates call "devilish devices"?




What may have been the South’s most effective defensive weapon?



Name two interesting facts from this site.

Primary Research Sheet 1

The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl

http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/andrews/andrews.html#andrews57
1. Pg. 2: Introduction. How does Ms. Andrews describe the slave owners in the South? About how many slave owners were there? On what document does she base her figures?




2. Pg. 97: A Belle of the Confederacy. List three things you notice about the lady in the painting.


3. THE PASSING OF THE CONFEDERACY (chapter)
What was the profession of Ms. Andrews' father? How did Georgians react to news of secession? Was Mr. Andrews a slave owner?


4. FORESHADOWINGS OF THE RACE PROBLEM (chapter)
What did Ms. Andrews father believe was the "greatest of all the evils brought upon us by the war"?


5. Pgs. 348-349: Describe what might be seen at a "dancing party". Who did Ms. Andrews try to avoid meeting?

Primary Research Sheet 2

Mutual Relation of Masters and Slaves as Taught in the Bible


http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/wilson/wilson.html


1. What type of document is this?


2. Who created it, and when was it created?


3. (Correspondence.) Why does Wilson say he is allowing this to be published?



4. (Discourse.) What does Wilson say is the true meaning of “servants” ()?


5. What does Wilson justify on pages eight and nine?


6-10. Briefly summarize the final paragraph on pages twenty and twenty-one, beginning with “But, notwithstanding”. Comment on either Wilson’s writing or his character.