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

2. Exodus Story Rich metaphors n White Christians –America Promised Land –New Israel –Africans slaves by design –Manifest Destiny n Africans –America Egypt Land of Bondage –Old Israel –Whites are Pharaohs

3. Exodus Story for Whites n Crossing Atlantic - Red Sea n America - Promised Land n Mount Sinai - Covenant with God n Worship and obedience is due God n Possession of land -- need to follow God’s commandments n God’s Will and America’s Destiny

4. Exodus for Africans n Middle Passage - to Bondage n America - Egypt n Slavery - Bondage n Blacks - Israelites n Deliverance will be from God - God delivered the Israelites n Harriet Tubman - Moses n Freedom (sometimes Canada) - Canaan