Who said it?
Because of the status that owning slaves gave them, slave owners were “made of slaves”
Walter Johnson
Concept starting with the letter W used to discuss the ways that the race of enslavers was also determined by slavery
Whiteness
The answer to the question which sets up your argument.
Thesis Statement
South Carolina enslavers prized Gambian slaves for their rice cultivation skills.
Daniel Littlefeild
Concept starting with the letter A related to whether groups of people in history have the power to act rather than being acted upon
Agency
The acronym for how we do source analysis in AP
HIPPO
Europeans lost money by enslaving Africans rather than Europeans, so it was not primarily an economic decision
David Eltis
Concept starting with the letter “P” related to the idea that masters thought they were “fathers” to their slaves
patriarchy/paternalism
The act of placing the question within the larger historical timeline
Historical Context (in the first paragraph)
There is no chicken and the egg with slavery and prejudice, the two reinforced one another
Winthrop Jordon
Concept starting with the letter “D” related to enslaved people being a person and property at the same time
Duality
Adding this to your writing is the only way to prove you have a valid claim
Evidence (specific!)
Chattel slavery was not present from the start, nor adopted from elsewhere, it was also not a response to any inherent qualities that fitted the Negro for plantation labor.
Oscar and Mary Handlin
Concept by David Eltis, which consists of two words, explaining why Europeans did not enslave their own people
Insider vs. Outsider
The historical reasoning skill where you examine two different sources/events/groups
comparison