Question about HISt 101

compare and contrast two historical documents and place them in their historical context. The documents you are to wrie about, Narrative of Lavinia Bell and Letter to an English Abolitionist,/ Think about what the two authors have written. Decide what ideas the authors share and what ideas they differ upon. Evaluate the authors' motives and goals. Then decide how these documents relate to a specific historical era. Finally, go back and re-read the documents, making note of specific examples that support your decisions.In what ways are the documents similar? How are they different? Why are they similar or different? What are the authors' backgrounds? How do differences in their backgrounds relate to differences in their ways of thinking? What are their motives? Why do they think the issue they are writng about is important? What major point(s) are they trying to convey? Who is their intended audience? How do they try to appeal to their audience?