Week 12 history discuesstion

For this discussion, carefully read sources 83, 85 and 86 in Chapter 13 of Voices of Freedom (starting on page 265). In these documents, you can see that by 1860 the division over slavery had come to dominate the relations between the two sections (North and South). The authors of the documents offer their views on the meaning of liberty in the United States. In your response, explain how the views of liberty you read here differ and offer your opinion as to whether the two conflicting understandings of what liberty means could continue to exist within the same nation. 

 In your response you should use evidence from the primary sources to prove your point. Typically this requires a three-step process of making your assertions about the issue, giving the reader evidence that proves your point (usually by providing a brief quotation from the text), and then fully explaining to the reader why the evidence proves your point. When you do provide information from the reader, be sure to provide citation. A simple parenthetical with the editor's name and the page number (Foner, 30) will suffice since we are all reading the same few sources each week.

 Responses should run between 200 and 400 words. 

 For full credit, be sure to provide a substantive response of at least 100 words to someone else's post after you have posted your response. In these responses you want to fully explain why you agree or disagree with what the person has said.

A grading rubric for these discussions is available in the content section of this Blackboard site.