Answer:

by explaining your quotations, you draw out further implications of the evidence

and open the door to debate. here is an example of you might produce a longer

paragraph out of the core “ace” sequence.

note: when changing an ace card into a paragraph, make sure the topic

sentence indicates both your assertion and the specific topic of this paragraph. in

this example, the original assertion is in bold, and the paragraph topic is

underlined.

the slave owners justified their inhuman cruelty by blaming the

africans themselves for their enslavement. for example, captain

snelgrave argued that slaves “had forfeited their freedom before i bought

them, either by crimes or by being taken in war, according to the custom

of their country; and they being now my property, i was resolved to let

them feel my resentment, if they abused my kindness.” by saying they

were rightfully slaves because of their “crimes” in africa, snelgrave

blamed the slaves rather than himself for the loss of their freedom. his

promise that disobedient slaves would “feel” his anger shows that physical

punishment would result from this supposed legality of slavery. it’s true

that the captain emphasizes his acts of “kindness” in comparison with

other slavers. but snelgrave’s professions of humanity should be taken

with a grain of salt. for example, when says the mutineer slaves begged

him to “forgive them, and promising for the future to be obedient . . . if i

would not punish them this time,” it’s clear that he has punished them

before. their child-like request for “forgiveness” comes from their

complete and violent deprivation of liberty—not from the slave captain’s

humane treatmen