In Search of the Promised Land: A Slave Family in the Old South

        Required texts: John Hope Franklin & Loren Schweninger, In Search of the Promised Land: A Slave Family in the Old South Essay Prompt: Your analysis must specifically answer each of the following questions: How did the Thomas-Rapier family complicate definitions of black and white, along with slavery and freedom? How were the boundaries between slavery and freedom enforced? What were the experiences of the Thomas-Rapier family in non-slave states compared to slave states? What were the experiences of the Thomas-Rapier family in the Americas (outside the United States) as a whole?