Stono River Rebellion, Colonial Slave Society, Susana Baca, and Child Labor in Bolivia

Blue Page Learn the history of slavery, race and repression from slave rebellions. The conflict at the heart of rebellions is significant for our understanding of the conditions against which African slaves sought to protect themselves in the 18th Century. You may draw upon information we have studied about the African slave trade and about the laws and practices that the European heritage rulers established to exploit African Americans, as well as the interpretations of commentators whose views of the rebellions we have studied. 1. In what ways did European plantation owners abuse their power in subjugating slaves? What message did the European-Americans in power send at the conclusion of the Stono River Rebellion? How are the events of the Stono River Rebellion relevant to world leaders today? Or 2. Black Codes were formed in response to the economic fears, prejudice, and inferiority complexes of white legislators, landowners, and enslavers, according to Tim Wise (and other perspectives expressed in the documentary on Bacon's Rebellion in our Module for Week Five). The Codes defined the limited rights and segregated aspects that people of color, specifically African Americans, endured. Although "Black Code" is a phrase from the past, its effect and remnants still may be observed in present-day America in the form of: redlining, job discrimination, sundown towns, and limited voting access/rights, to name a few. Besides the examples mentioned, what are the new versions of the Black Codes that are visible today? How do they appear in the form of laws, legislation, unspoken rules? And why do you believe they still exist today? Or 3. According to the documentary on Bacon's Rebellion in our Module for Week Five, "race is constructed by a society to further ascertain economic and political goals." Do you think that this idea represents America's history with slavery and the inhumane treatment of slaves? Do you think race is still continuously evolving in the present in terms of political (having a voice in policy) and economic status (having access to employment opportunities)? 
In this exam, you will write three (3) short essays addressing questions that you select on each page/section of the exam. The pages are color-coded: Green Page, Red Page, and Blue Page. Our questions are based upon questions that you developed in our course discussions and weekly question posts. So, each page focuses historical issues with which you should be familiar Your short essay will address one of the numbered questions on the page by expressing your opinion on the question that you have selected and by providing supporting evidence for your opinion. We have posted information on these historical issues in the Modules section of our Canvas site; however, you are always welcome to bring additional, relevant information from other sources that you feel are pertinent to your short essay. You are not required to use sources outside our Canvas site. You will cite all sources upon which you rely for support. Each of the three short essays should be about 250 words (usually about one page). You should use the APA or MLA format for in-text citations within your essays. You will also provide a Works Cited page at the end of the exam (after the three essays) listing the all the web sites, articles, books, and other sources that you have quoted. Be sure to review the rubric that I have included in our syllabus the Midterm Exam Essay Responses. The rubric emphasizes that: 1. You are expressing an opinion on the question raised by the exam; 2. You are providing support (evidence) and reasoning to justify your opinion; 3. You are choosing your words thoughtfully; and 4. You are explaining why the historical question that you have selected is relevant in 2021. The purpose of this exam is for you to learn how to express a cogent opinion on an historical problem that is relevant today. Please contact me if you have any questions about the Exam.
Green Page Poets, musicians, composers, painters and sculptors contribute to our appreciation of history by virtue of their labor. Or Or 1. Composer, musician and App Designer, a Tunde Adjuah, labeled his 2019 album "Ancestral Memory." What are the cultural memories pertinent to labor history that assume importance for aTunde? Identify particular comments by the musician, ideas in his music and historical events as well as emotions prompted by his performance that interpret the focus of our class upon human rights. 2. Select another musician whose composition addresses the history of work in the Americas, such as Childish Gambino or Susana Baca, and explain the value in 2021 of the artist's interpretation of an event or period from the past that bears significance to how we perceive work in our time. Our class has contemplated several images such as Jason Taylor's underwater scul ture "Vicissitudes" (below). 
Select a painting, sculpture, or photograph that tells the story of labor and human dignity that connects you with the historical events and personages whom we have studied. 
Red Page Child Labor in Bolivian mines that were established during the 1520s. Bolivian children depicted in documentaries teach us lessons about the history of the Americas. What is the lesson that we learn by reflecting upon the mines of Cerro Rico, Potosi, Bolivia? How do the films from our Canvas Module: Week One educate our understanding of historical cycles that have repeated into the present in Bolivia? Or How does the summary of a recent law directed at Child Labor in Bolivia inform your understanding of the hope to transform indigenous communities struggle with poverty and child labor by establishing policies/laws seeking to establish better conditions? In 2020, Bolivia made moderate advancement in efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. According to the 2020 policy, the Office of Women and Family in the municipality of Tarija began a project with the Ministry of Labor to create a list of children working in the streets and in mines and to reintegrate this population into their families and schools. In addition, the Attorney General announced the formation of department-level special prosecutor offices dedicated to pursuing crimes of human trafficking and smuggling and installing special prosecutors with greater knowledge of these crimes. Finally, under the Juancito Pinto Program, more than 2.3 million participating students received $73 million in aid to encourage school retention in primary and secondary schools (https://www.dol.goviagencies/ilab/resources/reports/child-labor/bolivia).