Midterm Primary Sources

Question 1

Huron Carol

Answer 1

• Jean DeBrefeuf
• Christmas story with Indian imagery

Question 2

A Model of Christian Charity

Answer 2

• A sermon by John Winthrop
  
  • Governor of MA Bay Colony
• Emphasized Puritan’s covanent with God
  
  • “City upon a hill”
• Christians must maintain the highest standard of their faith

Question 3

Spirituall Milk for Boston Babes in Either England

Answer 3

• John Cotton
• A catechism for Puritan children and those looking to have a conversion narrative

Question 4

Wonders of the Invisible World

Answer 4

• Cotton Mather
• A defense of the Salem Witch Trials
• Reveals the Puritans’ fears of evil in their ranks

Question 5

John Adams, letter to Thomas Jefferson

Answer 5

• Expresses Deist beliefs
• Contains foundational beliefs of America’s founding documents

Question 6

Letter to the Town of Providence on the Limits of Religious Liberty

Answer 6

• Roger Williams
  
  • founded Providence, RI
• Clarifies the relationship of religious liberty and civil responsibility

Question 7

A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom

Answer 7

• Thomas Jefferson
• Established the freedom of religion in VA
  
  • first state to do this
• Aimed to rid VA from the remnants of established religion

Question 8

Articles of Faith

Answer 8

• Joseph Smith
  
  • founder/prophet of the Church of Latter Day Saints
• Numbered list (creed) of the foundations of Mormon faith

Question 9

Black Elk Speaks

Answer 9

• (Nicholas) Black Elk
• Autobiographical story of Black Elk becoming a healer
• Published in 1932
• Recounts live’s of Lakota
• Recounts the terrors of the battle of Wounded Knee

Question 10

Narrative of the Life of an American Slave

Answer 10

• Frederick Douglass’ autobiography
• Expresses the disparity between the masters’ and the slaves’ religion
• Very popular publication

Question 11

Life and Religious Experience

Answer 11

• Jarena Lee
  
  • first woman ordained to preach in the African Methodist Episcopal Church
• Personal account of her female struggles to preach

Question 12

Appeal to Christian Women of the South

Answer 12

• Angelina Grimke
  
  • fled the south due to disdain of slavery
• Addressed directly to the women of the south to abolish slavery
• Renowned as a biblically referenced refutation of soutern slavery

Question 13

Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism

Answer 13

• Catharine E. Beecher
  
  • advocate of female education
• A response to Angelina Grimke’s “Appeal to Christian Women of the South”
• Opposes strict abolition of slavery
• Women should not be involved in politics

Question 14

The Christian Doctrine of Slavery

Answer 14

• George D. Armstrong
• Pro slavery doctrine
  
  • pulls from parts of the bible
    
    • far removed from biblical antislavery