Question

Why does Gates include a discussion of Hume, Descartes, and other philosophers of the Enlightenment? to support the Jeffersonian point of view to support his argument about racial differences to explain past perceptions of race and humanity to explain references used in some of Wheatley’s poetry

Answer 1

to explain past perceptions of race and humanity.

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Answer 2

to explain past perceptions of race and humanity. I had this question on a quiz and this was the correct answer.