Exodus

Whites identified with “New” Israel

Africans identified with “Old” Israel

Exodus StoryRich metaphors

White Christians– America Promised

Land– New Israel– Africans slaves by

design– Manifest Destiny

Africans– America Egypt Land

of Bondage– Old Israel– Whites are Pharaohs

Exodus Story for Whites

Crossing Atlantic - Red Sea America - Promised Land Mount Sinai - Covenant with God Worship and obedience is due God Possession of land -- need to follow

God’s commandments God’s Will and America’s Destiny

Exodus for Africans Middle Passage - to Bondage America - Egypt Slavery - Bondage Blacks - Israelites Deliverance will be from God - God

delivered the Israelites Harriet Tubman - Moses Freedom (sometimes Canada) -

Canaan