We’re getting close to the finals here at The Junto. Elite Eight voting starts AND ends today at 5 p.m. EST. We’ll post results tomorrow and give you the weekend to mull over your final four choices.
BRACKET ONE: Political History
1. Thomas Paine, Common Sense vs. 2. The Declaration of Independence
BRACKET TWO: Slavery, Captivity, and Bonded Labor
1. Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass vs. 15. Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
BRACKET THREE: U.S. History Superstars
4. Jonathan Edwards, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” vs. 3. Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
BRACKET FOUR: Not Rush Limbaugh’s American History
8. Alden T. Vaughan, ed., Early American Indian Documents, Treaties, and Laws, 1607-1789 vs. 3. Thomas Hariot, A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia