27 pages • 54 minutes read
Walter JohnsonSoul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
1.
What was the role of performativity in the antebellum slave market? Refer to Johnson’s Soul by Soul in your answer.
2.
Why was race so important in the antebellum slave market? Support your answer with evidence from the text.
3.
Why can slavery “never be represented” (10)?
