Dances in Antebellum America
This dance, borrowed from the French, was a graceful couples dance
What is the Minuet
This free black man from North Carolina published a pamphlet and justified slave rebellion
Who is David Walker?
1831 slave revolt in Virginia totaling 60 slaves
What is Nat Turner’s Revolt?
This was a lively dance loved by the “Lady’s Book” that originated in Bohemia
What is Polka?
These men published the first African American Newspaper: Freedom’s Journal
Who are John Russwurm and Samuel D. Cornish?
This was a new strategy for African Americans to gain status
What was social uplift?
This dance, enjoyed by the lower classes, utilized intricate steps and line formations
What is country dance?
This man had a religious vision that explained that he should “fight against the serpent”
Who is Nat Turner?
This was a 1830s convention in Philadelphia surrounding Walker’s radical call
What was the 1820 National Negro Convention?