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Ana Gabriela Garzon HIST 1301. 22201 Exam Two Responses 13 August 2015 Ana G. Garzon HIST 1301 Exam 2 08 August 2015 1) What relationships of power are featured in â€Å"Virginian Luxuries† (Document 1)? How are unequal power relationships reflected in Tocqueville’s distinctions between the three races (Document 2)? What future does Tocqueville predict for these groups of people and why? Based upon your own knowledge, how accurate do you believe Tocqueville’s observations and predictions were? In the painting, Virginian Luxuries (Unknown, 1800), it is possible to observe and describe the roles of those two man races in America of the time. First of all, the painting is related to the time of slavery (1619-1865) and the unequally of positions between the Negros and whites. Second, we can appreciate the gender role. For instance, the Black men who worked in crop fields is being used and deprived of his human rights by the land owner. In the case of the woman, as an object she is used as well to satisfying her owner. Finally, we can observed that the unknown painter detailed the whites’ men face very well, yet the black men and woman’s face appears faceless or without identification. This a representation of the European view towards Negros as a uniform object or animal. Alexis Toqueville in his publication the â€Å"Democracy in America† categorized three races predominated in the 1835 America and advocated the future for those two races. The first race is theShow MoreRelatedPrimary Source Analysis : Virginian Luxuries1339 Words   |  6 PagesAnalysis 1) What relationships of power are featured in â€Å"Virginian Luxuries† (Document 1)? How are unequal power relationships reflected in Toqueville’s distinctions between the three races (Document 2)? What future does Toqueville predict for these groups of people and why? 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