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Understanding the chapter, "The View from the Bottom Rail" of the textbook After the Fact is key to your future evaluation of the authors' work in the book. This Assignment is additional reading comprehension assessment of your understanding of "The View from the Bottom Rail" in After the Fact.

1. What does the black soldier MEAN when he says, "Hello, massa!...bottom rail top dis time!" to his former master? Use your own words (PARAPHRASE) to fully EXPLAIN the quote.

2. A. In what century were systematic efforts made to question blacks about their experiences as slaves and freedmen? EXPLAIN.

B. WHY does this fact stand out in the context of systematic efforts to question blacks about their experiences as slaves and freedmen? EXPLAIN fully / thoroughly.

3. A. WHAT main point are the authors trying to make by including the interviews of Susan Hamlin and Susan Hamilton? WHAT is the MAIN PURPOSE of these two interviews in the Chapter? EXPLAIN fully / thoroughly.

B. WHAT are the authors trying to ILLUSTRATE (show, prove) about recovering the freedpeople's point of view? EXPLAIN fully / thoroughly.

. EXPLAIN at least four (number them 1,2,3,4) REASONS WHY historians have found it challenging to reconstruct the lives of enslaved African Americans from their perspective.

EXPLAIN EACH reason fully / thoroughly

5. DISCUSS at least four (number them 1,2,3,4) things ex-slaves did to SYMBOLIZE their freedom.

State EACH symbolic action

EXPLAIN fully /thoroughly WHY EACH action is symbolic

6. Based on this ENTIRE Chapter, WHAT does "The View from the Bottom Rail" MEAN?

EXPLAIN fully / thoroughly