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Topic• WhatdoIwanttoresearch?• Shouldbesomethingspecifictoaparticularevent,timeframeandplace.
• Forexample:
BroadTopic:SlaveResistanceandRevoltintheCaribbean
NarrowerTopic:SlaveResistanceinBarbadosintheearly1800s
NarrowTopic:WhatwerethecausesofBussa’s slaverebellioninBarbadosin1816?
Rationale:Why???• Whyareyouinterestedinthisparticulartopic?Whyisyourresearchimportant?• Personalinterestisgoodbutyouneedtoputforwardalsoascholarlyreason.• Forexample:
1. InmyhistoryclassesIlearnedabouttheslaverebellionsinBelize.InthisresearchIwanttoexploreslaverebellionsinadifferentsettingtoinformmyselfaboutsimilarordifferentcausesofrebellionsintheCaribbeanascomparedtoBelize.
2. Iwanttochangetheperspectivethatslaveswerepassiveworkersbyexaminingthenatureofslaverebellions.Thisresearchwillallowmetoinformthereadersaboutthecolonialmentality(ofbeingloyaltothecrown)andempowerthemtolearnaboutinstancesofresistance.
Introduction• WhatwillItalkaboutinthisSBA?• Whatdidismycentralfinding?• Whatismycentralargument?• Whyisitimportant?
• Forexample:• InthisresearchIarguethatthebill(law)passedbyWilliamWilberforcein1815wasthemaincauseforslaverevoltsinBarbadosin1816.
ThebodyofyourSBA• Threemainarguments:
• Datashowsthatslaveswantedtheirfreedomfrombefore1816butthereareno‘bigrevolts’recordedbefore1816.
• Myfindingsindicatethatslavesunderstoodthelawin1815astheproclamationofemancipationandwantedtobefree.Thisisthecentralaspectofthisrevolt.Aftertheygotupsetbecausetheywerenotbeingfreedtheydecidedtorevolt.
• Scholarssuggestthatonlyafewslavescouldreadandtheoneswhoreadmisunderstoodthelegislation,causingotherslavestorevolt.
Whatisthecentralmessageofmywork? What
evidence/informationsupportsmywork?
WhyamIputtingforwardthisargument?
WhatdidIfind?
Convinceme!• Introduction:tellmewhatyouwilltalkabout• Body:talkaboutwhatyousaidyouwilltalkabout• Conclusion:tellmewhatyouspokeabout• Inconclusionmyresearchcontendedthatthebill(law)passedbyWilliamWilberforcein1815wasthemaincauseforslaverevoltsinBarbadosin1816.Datashowsthatalthoughslaveswantedfreedom,before1816nomajorrevoltswererecordedbefore1816.IthighlightedthatitwasthemisinterpretationofthelegislaturethatcausetheslaverevoltsinBarbados.
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