History Essay ( “African American History from 1865”)

The exploitation of Black labor transitioned in both form and substance from 1860 to 1920.

Craft a thesis statement and essay that analyzes the how and why of the transition from chattel

slavery to sharecropping, convict leasing and debt peonage.

you must:

have: (1) a clear thesis statement, (2) provide the reader a clear sense of the direction of the essay and

then (3) build out from that foundation.