CXCSBA

Topic• WhatdoIwanttoresearch?• Shouldbesomethingspecifictoaparticularevent,timeframeandplace.

• Forexample:

BroadTopic:SlaveResistanceandRevoltintheCaribbean

NarrowerTopic:SlaveResistanceinBarbadosintheearly1800s

NarrowTopic:WhatwerethecausesofBussa’s slaverebellioninBarbadosin1816?

Rationale:Why???• Whyareyouinterestedinthisparticulartopic?Whyisyourresearchimportant?• Personalinterestisgoodbutyouneedtoputforwardalsoascholarlyreason.• Forexample:

1. InmyhistoryclassesIlearnedabouttheslaverebellionsinBelize.InthisresearchIwanttoexploreslaverebellionsinadifferentsettingtoinformmyselfaboutsimilarordifferentcausesofrebellionsintheCaribbeanascomparedtoBelize.

2. Iwanttochangetheperspectivethatslaveswerepassiveworkersbyexaminingthenatureofslaverebellions.Thisresearchwillallowmetoinformthereadersaboutthecolonialmentality(ofbeingloyaltothecrown)andempowerthemtolearnaboutinstancesofresistance.

Introduction• WhatwillItalkaboutinthisSBA?• Whatdidismycentralfinding?• Whatismycentralargument?• Whyisitimportant?

• Forexample:• InthisresearchIarguethatthebill(law)passedbyWilliamWilberforcein1815wasthemaincauseforslaverevoltsinBarbadosin1816.

ThebodyofyourSBA• Threemainarguments:

• Datashowsthatslaveswantedtheirfreedomfrombefore1816butthereareno‘bigrevolts’recordedbefore1816.

• Myfindingsindicatethatslavesunderstoodthelawin1815astheproclamationofemancipationandwantedtobefree.Thisisthecentralaspectofthisrevolt.Aftertheygotupsetbecausetheywerenotbeingfreedtheydecidedtorevolt.

• Scholarssuggestthatonlyafewslavescouldreadandtheoneswhoreadmisunderstoodthelegislation,causingotherslavestorevolt.

Whatisthecentralmessageofmywork? What

evidence/informationsupportsmywork?

WhyamIputtingforwardthisargument?

WhatdidIfind?

Convinceme!• Introduction:tellmewhatyouwilltalkabout• Body:talkaboutwhatyousaidyouwilltalkabout• Conclusion:tellmewhatyouspokeabout• Inconclusionmyresearchcontendedthatthebill(law)passedbyWilliamWilberforcein1815wasthemaincauseforslaverevoltsinBarbadosin1816.Datashowsthatalthoughslaveswantedfreedom,before1816nomajorrevoltswererecordedbefore1816.IthighlightedthatitwasthemisinterpretationofthelegislaturethatcausetheslaverevoltsinBarbados.