Race in the 17th and 18th Centuries

Read all of the secondary sources and one of the primary sources assigned for the week. Write an essay in which you develop an argument about what your analysis of the primary source allows you to understand about race in the 17th and 18th centuries in the colonies and the Early Republic.  As part of your argument, explain how your analysis of the primary source adds to or challenges the information and ideas about race in the secondary sources.  Cite all your sources (primary and secondary) using APA style at the end of the essay. (250-350 words). Secondary Sources (Read All) Hodson, G. (2016). Race as a social construction. Psychology Today. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/without-prejudice/201612/race-social-construction (Article also available as PDF attachment under Secondary and Primary Source Readings).  “Jamestown,” “New England,” “Slavery and the making of American race,” and “Slavery, anti-slavery, and the Atlantic exchange,” from the American Yawp.  Locke, (Citation: J. and Wright, B. (2017). The American yawp. Retrieved from http://www.americanyawp.com/index.html.) 17th and 18th Century Primary Sources (Select One) Morton, Thomas. (1637) Thomas Morton reflects on Indians in New England,. 1637. Retrieved from http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/the-new-world/thomas-morton-reflects-on-indians-in-new-england-1637/. Mingo, Alibamo. Alibamo Mingo, Choctaw leader, reflects on the British and French, 1765. Retrieved from http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/colonial-society/alibamo-mingo-choctaw-leader-reflects-on-the-british-and-french-1765/ 1662-1669. Virginia slave laws. [Laws]. Retrieved from  https://bcc-cuny.digication.com/ushistoryreader/Virginia_Slave_Laws Wheatly, Phyllis. (1773). On being brought from Africa. Retrieved from https://bcc-cuny.digication.com/ushistoryreader/Phillis_Wheatley_s_On_Being_Brought_From_Africa_to Jemison, Mary. Captured by Indians: Mary Jemison becomes an Indian. Retrieved from http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5794/.