Your Response:

Robert Mills Primary Source Investigation 1 Where & When was

this source written?
Historical
What else was
Context going on at the
Lowwood is on a more extensive scale than any (sugar plantation) I have time?
seen…The entrance from the river is by a road about a mile and a half long, Who was this
source meant for?
which is perfectly straight the entire distance, and as smooth and even as Who wrote this
the best road I have ever traveled on…Another road, crossing it at right- Audience & source?
angles, runs along the fence, equally well constructed; both of which more How does his/her
Author age, gender, job,
resemble the carriage drives around some wealthy domain, than roads on nationality, race,
which sugar and molasses are hauled in wagons. religion, etc.,
impact this source?
What is the point of
On approaching the negro logs (cabins) it has all the appearance of a small view of the author?
town. The cabins are well constructed, being built with the strictest regard Point of View What did this
person think/feel/
to health and comfort, and well ventilated throughout. The force numbers believe/know?
about 80 working hands, though, big and little, there must be twice as Why was this
Purpose
many. source created?
What does this
document help us
A large building, constructed expressly for the purpose, is used as a hospital, Y is this
understand?
which is well arranged, being divided into two compartments, one for males important? What makes this an
important text?
and the other for females, and attended by nurses much after the fashion of
a regular city hospital.
1. What do you think of the author’s claim that the slave cabins were “built
with the strictest regard to health and comfort”? Do you think this is true?
(The 500-acre area devoted to growing sugar cane was enclosed) with a ring Why or why not?
fence, with ditches all ‘round. Straight ditches also intersect the entire
plantation, some of which extend for two miles in a straight line and carry
off all the water which accumulates in wet seasons, and which is so injurious
to the cane. The ditching was all done by the hands on the plantation, 2. What building is on the plantation that might be considered unusual?
Why do you think they had this building on the plantation?
between seasons, and would, had it been let out by contract, have cost little
less than $20,000.

3. Why do you think Robert Mills was so successful in his plantation

business?

4. What do you learn about Mills’ IDENTITY from this newspaper article?

5. Complete the hashtag based on this article: #TexansAre____________