Themes
This theme focuses on the movement of people volutanary or otherwise.
What is migration?
What was the time frame of the transatlantic slave trade?
mid 1500s - mid 1800's
ABOUT 400 years
List two examples of skilled labor roles among enslaved people.
Enslaved people take on roles around the plantation
Various jobs
Planter
Domestic ( tailors, midwifes, wet nurse,)
Manufacturer ( blacksmith, shipwright, Carriageman, Carpenter )
Entertainment (music player, singer …)
What was the significance of the Kingdom of Aksum?
Askum is significance because it shows the interactions with Europe and the impact that religion ( christainity ) has.
What was the impact of slave ship diagrams on abolitionist movements?
what is the slave ship diagrams showed the bruality of slave ships?
This theme focuses on the protection of their humanity, run away, choose to not eat, fight people, and generally fight back.
What is resistance or rebellion?
Define the transatlantic slave trade.
What is the forced movement of millions of Africans to the americas?
How did enslaved people's cultural practices evolve into new traditions in the Americas?
- Call and response
- Music
- Soul Food
- Hoodoo, Voodoo, and Santeria
How did the empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai develop?
The empire grew off of gold and salt trade.
Name two ways Africans resist their commodification during the Middle Passage?
Not eating, Jumping off the boat, Violent rebellions, and Armed resistances
What is Creaitivity, expression, and arts?
What country received the largest number of enslaved Africans?
What is Brazil?
Voodoo, Santeria, easter, and christmas are examples of this idea
What is Syncretism ?
What are the key features of the Kongo Kingdom?
What was the significance of the La Amistad revolt?
La Amistad shows the value of freedom and the illegal slave trade impact
Class, ethnicity, nationality, gender are all examples of this themes
what is identity?
What role did Charleston, SC play in the slave trade?
Charleston, SC was the largest slave port in North America.
Define Diaspora
spread of a people from their original homeland.
What was the importance of Great Zimbabwe’s stone architecture?
The walls show social class in Zimbabwe not for protection.
What was the impact of the publication of "The Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano"?
Olaudah Equiano showed a real representation of Slavery and it's impact
Link an Example to one of the four themes.
Migration- Transaltanic slave trade
Identity -
Creavtivity, expression and the arts-
Resistance and Resilence -
What percentage of enslaved Africans brought to the U.S. landed in Charleston, SC?
Bonus point if you can say the amount of africans that were brought to North America.
48% of enslaved africans were brought to the U.S.
1 million were brought to North America
How did black studies begin?
Daily Double
What were the economic contributions of the Mali Empire?
Name a mali king
Mali put Africa on the map
- Sunidata, and Mansa Musa
Act ( 500) a rebellious act
or
Describe ( 250) a rebellious act
Creating rebellons not