The theme of religion and community is not foreign to Toni Morrison. In several of her novels, she has treated themes of God and humanity. ... It had been a long time since anybody (good-willed whitewoman, preacher speaker or newspaperman) sat at their table, their sympathetic voices called liar by the revulsion in their eyes. ... She did not tell them they were the blessed of the earth, its inheriting meek or its glory bound pure. ... This was a group of people who had suffered tremendously, and were bound by that suffering. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The theme of religion and community is not foreign to Toni Morrison. In several of her novels, she has treated themes of God and humanity. ... It had been a long time since anybody (good-willed whitewoman, preacher speaker or newspaperman) sat at their table, their sympathetic voices called liar by the revulsion in their eyes. ... She did not tell them they were the blessed of the earth, its inheriting meek or its glory bound pure. ... This was a group of people who had suffered tremendously, and were bound by that suffering. ...

• Word Count: 3715
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

Horton (2002) says Blacks were scouts, interpreters, navigators, and military men, and were among those who first encountered Native Americans. ... Slaves were confined for two to three months in irons in the hold of a slave ship during the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean called the Middle Passage, where thousands died on their way to the colonies. The vast majority of Africans brought to the British colonies worked as agricultural laborers; many were brought to the colonies specifically for their experience in rice growing, cattle herding, or river navigation (Collier, 1985). ... The movemen...

• Word Count: 2619
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate