Reading:

Lerone Bennett, Jr., "Race, Racism, and Discrimination: Before the Mayflower," pp. 177-196.

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Questions:

1.  List three facts about slavery that you did not know before you read this article.

 

2.  Identify stories in Bennett's article that point to contradictions between the slave owners' words and their actions.

 

3.  What does Bennett mean by "equality of oppression" (185)?

 

4.  How did this "equality of oppression" change? When? Why?

 

5.  What other alternatives to race-based slavery were there, according to Bennett?  Why did America end up with a race-based slavery, according to Bennett?

 

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