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Becoming America - An Exploration of American Literature from Precolonial to Post-Revolution, 2018a

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BECOMING AMERICA<br />

SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH COLONIAL LITERATURE<br />

2.13.2 Reading and Review Questions<br />

1. What’s the purpose and eect <strong>of</strong> the rst question in this dialogue being<br />

about the settlers and their religion? Why?<br />

2. What justication, if any, does the planter James Freeman give <strong>to</strong> the<br />

presence <strong>of</strong> slaves in this colony? How does he distinguish between<br />

“Blackmoors” and “Red Dun, or Tan’d Skin’d” slaves? Why? What rights<br />

or protections, if any, do slaves have?<br />

3. Why does Question make a point <strong>of</strong> asking about the possibility <strong>of</strong><br />

“English people, and others” being made slaves upon their arrival in<br />

<strong>America</strong>? How does Freeman reassure Question? What attitudes <strong>to</strong>wards<br />

“Blackmoors” and “Red Dun, or Tan’d Skin’d” slaves does Freeman<br />

reveal in his reassurance? What rights or protections, if any, do such<br />

indentured servants have?<br />

4. What advantages might laborers <strong>from</strong> England gain <strong>from</strong> apprenticing<br />

or indenturing themselves in order <strong>to</strong> emigrate <strong>to</strong> <strong>America</strong>?<br />

5. What relationship between the colony and England does Freeman<br />

describe? What is his attitude <strong>to</strong>wards this relationship? How do you<br />

know?<br />

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