Prompt:
Both William Apess and James Fenimore Cooper looked to the Colonial past in order to understand and critique the current state of Native White relations in the Early American Republic. Drawing on the work of William Apess as well as Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans how do Cooper and Apess employ the historical conflicts between Native Americans and Europeans to advocate for the civil rights of Indigenous peoples?
-very strong thesis needed (the most important part of the essay)
-good evidence
-good structure
-4 Pages Doubled Spaced
Sources:
The Bedford Anthology of American Literature (Beginnings to 1865)
Using in-text citations from both authors (around 4-5)
Sample Solution
