read the following documents: "Petitions of Slaves to Massachusetts," p. 249; "Memorial of Non-Freeholders" and "Appeal of Forty Thousand Citizens," p. 384-385; "Joseph Taper to Joseph Long" and "Slavery and the Bible," p. 422-423; Angelina Grimke and Catherine Beecher, p. 470-471; the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, p. 510-511; and "Petition to Andrew Johnson" and "Sharecropping Contract," p. 576-577. Once this is done, type up a Microsoft Word essay answering the questions below. I expect a long paragraph (200-300 words minimum) for each response, with each response supported by evidence from the documents. When complete, submit your essay to the submission link below. 1. Taking into account the treatment of both slaves and free blacks as well as women during the Revolution and immediately afterward, what do these documents suggest about the boundaries of freedom in the early U.S.? 2. How was slavery justified by slaveowners? Look carefully at the documents to support your answer. 3. Look specifically at the Lincoln-Douglas Debates. How are the points discussed therein also examined by other documents in this assignment? 4. Look specifically at the last two documents. Though slavery has ended by this point, how have things not changed in the South?