Documenting United States History

304 ChapTER 12 | War and eManCipation | period Five 18 44 –1877 Working with Secondary Sources^305

Such a move requires you to conceptualize key ideas that are part of this chapter’s

debate. These ideas may feature words such as the following:

Autonomous Patriots

Citizens Pawns

Equal Rebels

Freedom Servitude

Similar to how the body paragraphs follow an inductive model and conclude

with a general claim, the essay itself can begin with a working thesis (that tenta-

tively compares the different perspectives) and conclude with a final thesis.

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