English 5/211 develops the ability to analyze, criticize, and advocate ideas. Critical thinking looks at the relationship between language and logic, introduces rhetoric or persuasive writing and tools students can use to evaluate information based on facts, perceptions, assumptions, evidence, reasons, inferences, judgments, induction, deduction and conclusions.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Cyber-Assignment 2 today
A good way to keep reading logs for the book is to keep them according to characters. As a first profile describe Henry Townsend.
Dennis Foley Professor Sabir English 5 March 24th 2011
Henry Townshed Profile:
Henry Townshed, in the present time in The Known World, is a black slave owner. He originally was a slave himself when he was a boy. His father, Augustus Townshed, bought him out of slavery.
Dylan Young Professor Sabir English 5 March 24 2011
Henry Townsed - Went from being a slave on a white plantation to owning a plantation of his own. Upon being a plantation owner he promises his slaves that he will be a better master than any white man could ever be, not knowing the power of the word "master". He is a black man who is 31 years old and owns 33 slaves and more than 50 acres of land. He is married to a woman named Caldonia who he often has problems with. He would be considered one of the highest ranked among plantation owners in Manchester county. In July of 1855 he dies from a sickness. There are mixed emotions on the plantation as some of his slaves are sad while others treat it as something normal.
Andrea Giang Professor Sabir English 5 26 March 2011
Cyber Assignment – Henry Townsend Profile
Henry Townsend was born a slave and was owned by William Robbins. His father, Augustus, managed to make enough money to buy his wife, Henry’s mother Mildred, from Robbins but needed more time to buy Henry. Every weekend Henry’s parents went to visit him on the farm, bringing him food. As a boy, Henry did not understand what was going on, just that he wanted to get on Robbins’ good side. He offered food to the current groom and had the by recommend him. Eventually Henry became Robbins’ groom.
Even though his parents visited him every weekend, Henry did not always show up to see them. Sometimes he would complain that the weather was too cold or that it was raining. And the one time Augustus had pushed him, Henry told Robbins about the incident. After Augustus bought Henry and Rita had run away from the farm, Augustus was always afraid that Henry would tell Robbins about the incident. To Augustus, his son was very loyal to Robbins.
After Henry grew up, he made money and started to buy his own slaves through Robbins. He became a black slave master. Although he believed he was a better master than a white person, he still held slaves. The black slaves still saw him as master and someone who controlled them. After he died from an illness, the slaves did not feel sadness but were more uncertain about their own future now that their master was dead.
Ricarda Lathrop Professor Sabir English 5 26 March 2011
Henry Townsend is one of the central figures in the book The Known World, by E. Jones. The son of Augustus and Mildred Townsend went from being a slave, shoemaker, and a black farmer to being a black slaveholder in the antebellum South. His parents Augustus and Mildred bought him out of slavery from W. Robbins. Henry Townsend becomes the master of his own plantation with his own slaves. His plantation is next to W. Robbins’ who is the wealthiest man in Manchester County, who sold Henry his first slave (Moses), and raised Henry. Henry dies at an early age with 35 years in 1855. He leaves his wife Caldonia behind. Through his death all the other characters are affected in the book.
Frena Zamudio Professor Sabir English 5 02 April 2011
Henry Townsend- One of the main characters in the book, The Known World written by E. Jones. Henry is the son of Augustus and Mildred Townsend and husband of Caldonia. He is a plantation owner who was once a slave owned by William Robbins who is known as the most powerful man in Manchester with 113 slaves. Henry was bought by his father who was also used to be Robbin's slave at one point. Henry was a slave then became a shoemaker, a black farmer and then a black slaveholder in the South. He died at the age of 33 years old in 1855, leaving his family and slaves behind.
Dennis Foley
ReplyDeleteProfessor Sabir
English 5
March 24th 2011
Henry Townshed Profile:
Henry Townshed, in the present time in The Known World, is a black slave owner. He originally was a slave himself when he was a boy. His father, Augustus Townshed, bought him out of slavery.
Dylan Young
ReplyDeleteProfessor Sabir
English 5
March 24 2011
Henry Townsed - Went from being a slave on a white plantation to owning a plantation of his own. Upon being a plantation owner he promises his slaves that he will be a better master than any white man could ever be, not knowing the power of the word "master". He is a black man who is 31 years old and owns 33 slaves and more than 50 acres of land. He is married to a woman named Caldonia who he often has problems with. He would be considered one of the highest ranked among plantation owners in Manchester county. In July of 1855 he dies from a sickness. There are mixed emotions on the plantation as some of his slaves are sad while others treat it as something normal.
Andrea Giang
ReplyDeleteProfessor Sabir
English 5
26 March 2011
Cyber Assignment – Henry Townsend Profile
Henry Townsend was born a slave and was owned by William Robbins. His father, Augustus, managed to make enough money to buy his wife, Henry’s mother Mildred, from Robbins but needed more time to buy Henry. Every weekend Henry’s parents went to visit him on the farm, bringing him food. As a boy, Henry did not understand what was going on, just that he wanted to get on Robbins’ good side. He offered food to the current groom and had the by recommend him. Eventually Henry became Robbins’ groom.
Even though his parents visited him every weekend, Henry did not always show up to see them. Sometimes he would complain that the weather was too cold or that it was raining. And the one time Augustus had pushed him, Henry told Robbins about the incident. After Augustus bought Henry and Rita had run away from the farm, Augustus was always afraid that Henry would tell Robbins about the incident. To Augustus, his son was very loyal to Robbins.
After Henry grew up, he made money and started to buy his own slaves through Robbins. He became a black slave master. Although he believed he was a better master than a white person, he still held slaves. The black slaves still saw him as master and someone who controlled them. After he died from an illness, the slaves did not feel sadness but were more uncertain about their own future now that their master was dead.
Ricarda Lathrop
ReplyDeleteProfessor Sabir
English 5
26 March 2011
Henry Townsend is one of the central figures in the book The Known World, by E. Jones. The son of Augustus and Mildred Townsend went from being a slave, shoemaker, and a black farmer to being a black slaveholder in the antebellum South. His parents Augustus and Mildred bought him out of slavery from W. Robbins. Henry Townsend becomes the master of his own plantation with his own slaves. His plantation is next to W. Robbins’ who is the wealthiest man in Manchester County, who sold Henry his first slave (Moses), and raised Henry. Henry dies at an early age with 35 years in 1855. He leaves his wife Caldonia behind. Through his death all the other characters are affected in the book.
Frena Zamudio
ReplyDeleteProfessor Sabir
English 5
02 April 2011
Henry Townsend- One of the main characters in the book, The Known World written by E. Jones. Henry is the son of Augustus and Mildred Townsend and husband of Caldonia. He is a plantation owner who was once a slave owned by William Robbins who is known as the most powerful man in Manchester with 113 slaves. Henry was bought by his father who was also used to be Robbin's slave at one point. Henry was a slave then became a shoemaker, a black farmer and then a black slaveholder in the South. He died at the age of 33 years old in 1855, leaving his family and slaves behind.