Question

independent assignment/asignación independiente
source each quote. then close read, highlighting or underlining important details. determine which region each of the quotes is based on and write in the name of each blue region box. (new england, middle, southern)
region:
for the present, it is enough to affirm the equal manhood of the negro race. is it not astonishing that, while we are ploughing, planting and reaping, using all kinds of mechanical tools, erecting houses...and looking hopefully for life and immortality beyond the grave, we are called upon to prove that we are men!
source: frederick douglass - speech: what to the slave is the 4th of july, july 5 1852
region:
\we did expect great store of beaver here (but) is little or none to be had. the country is very rocky and hilly. spring cattle thrive (do) well here, but they give small store of milk. here is timber good store & acorns good store, and here is good store of fish if we had boats to go for & lines to serve to fishing... \
source: letter from mr. pond to william pond, march 15, 1631
retrieved from proceedings of the historical society, 2nd series, vol. 8 ( 1892 - 1894)
region:
\in the country the houses are mostly new built, having two or three rooms on a floor. the dutch are great improvers of land. on long island the people (english, scotch, or irish families) increase so fast that they complain for want of land.\
source: gov.thomas dongan: report to the committee of trade
retrieved from: http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org

Explanation:

1. The first quote by Frederick Douglass is a general - rights statement and not region - specific in a narrow sense, but considering the context of the 19th - century United States, it could be associated with the broader national context. However, if we have to assign a region, it is more likely to be related to the North where abolitionist sentiments were stronger, so New England.
2. The second quote describes a rocky and hilly area with beaver, timber, and fishing potential. This is characteristic of the New England region.
3. The third quote mentions the Dutch (who were prominent in the Middle colonies) and Long Island. Long Island is part of the Middle colonies. So, it is from the Middle region.

Answer:

1. New England
2. New England
3. Middle