Diligent Questions (1)

Answer each of the questions below with two to four paragraphs each. You will need to have at least two points of evidence to support your answer to question one, and at least three to support your answer to question two. Remember to identify your claim/evidence/warrant structure. If you use direct quotations as textual evidence, be sure to keep those quotations to under eight words. You may wish to experiment with blending direct and indirect quotations.

1. How can the evidence in the reading be interpreted to demonstrate that it is either consistent or inconsistent with many scholars' contention that racism emerged only in the mid eighteenth century?

2. How can the evidence in the reading be interpreted to demonstrate many scholars' contention that African decision makers frequently had great influence over the terms and nature of the slave trade?