Compare the family life and gender roles of African Americans and whites in the South.

Short Paper #: Antebellum America Note: Focus your paper on responding to one of the prompts. Reading: Levine, Half Slave and Half Free, Ch. 1-5 Paper Prompts: 1) Compare the family life and gender roles of African Americans and whites in the South. (You might want to focus the essay on a couple issues, such as: marriage, parenthood, gendered divisions of labor, leisure activities, religion, etc.) 2) Compare the experiences of emancipated slaves, women, and immigrants in the North. (You might want to focus the essay on a couple issues, such as: family life, economic opportunities, types of work available, etc.) 3) How does Frederick Douglass in the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass directly engage with and reject the pro-slavery arguments of his era? When answering this prompt, make sure to identify what were Douglass’s primary arguments against slavery and to articulate how southern whites defended slavery after the 1820s. (Levine, Ch. 5). You must engage with the Douglass text for this prompt. you can find this book online at google