http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/the-early-republic/thomas-jefferson-notes-on-the-state-of-virginia-1788/
Then read the response to Jefferson's racism written by Benjamin Banneker in 1791. (Links to an external site.)
http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/the-early-republic/black-scientist-benjamin-banneker-demonstratesblack-intelligence-to-thomas-jefferson-1791/
Paragraph 1: Thinking historically about the new nation and Thomas Jefferson's treatise on non-whites, and
Benjamin Banneker's well-supported response answer the following questions:
Q1. Why does Thomas Jefferson the use physical traits of black people to support his assertion that blacks
inferior to whites? Insert a quote from this reading to support your answer.
Q.2. How does Benjamin Banneker rebut Jefferson's racist sentiments? Insert a quote from the reading to
support your answer
Paragraph 2:
Can you think of a nation in the last fifty years where a political leader has pronounced at entire race of people
to be inferior, and even deserving of racist pronouncements?
Sample Solution