1. Exodus Whites identified with “New” Israel
Africans identified with “Old” Israel

2. Exodus Story Rich 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

3. 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

4. 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