The Terrible Transformation

Respond to the following 2 questions:

1. What is the main conflict about in “The Terrible Transformation” and what caused it to take place at the point in history in which it did? Who were the main contestants?

2. Why did each of the parties involved in the conflict(s) take the positions that they did by doing what they did–i.e., what were the driving force(s) behind the main conflict(s) identified in #1 above? Did Africans do something injurious to whites in North America to have forced enslavement imposed on them? Why were Africans specifically targeted for forced enslavement? Why and how did “The Terrible Transformation” take place in the manner in which it did? Explain.