Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Harriet Jacobs

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Section 4: Writing the Paper    You will not be summarizing the book in this paper.  Instead, you will be writing an ARGUMENTATIVE paper that seeks to prove Jacob’s contention that slavery was more terrible for women than for men. For information on how to write a thesis statement/argument, go here.    In writing this paper, you will be drawing on the Incidents book to provide examples of the points you are making in the paper, as well as the other material you have researched.   Your paper should be about 1000 words in length. Remember, your paper should have a thesis statement, which your paper would then discuss, describe, prove, etc. Use your previous template to provide material to support your thesis.   Cover sheets, folders, etc. are unnecessary and should not be used.  In the upper left corner of your paper simply put your name, the course number, and my name.  Stapling sheets together is sufficient.  All papers must be stapled when turned in.  Standard fonts, type sizes, margins, headers, etc. should be used.  For example, do not write your entire paper in italics.    Every effort should be made to write well-constructed, grammatical sentences. Remember, a simple sentence is more effective than an ungrammatical complex one.  A quotation must be followed by a citation (footnote or endnote).  For the purposes of this assignment, simply indicate the chapter from which the quotation comes, if taken from the Incidents book. If from one of your other consulted sources, follow standard Chicago citation procedure as indicated here.    Unless you are quoting from the book, always use your own words.    Finally, your paper should contain a bibliography. Again, consult here.    Some Author Searches:  John Hope Franklin  Walter Johnson  John W. Blassingame  Solomon Northop  Frederick Douglass  Mia Bay  Henry Louis Gates  Thavolia Glymph  Elizabeth Fox-Genovese  Stephanie M. H. Camp  Some Key Word Searches:  Slave Narratives  Harriet Jacobs  Slavery-United States-History  Plantation Life  Slave Women