Slave Revolts
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Vocabulary
White and Black
Slaves' Lives
100
After killing more than 60 whites, the bloodiest slave uprising in U.S. History, this slave was executed in Virginia in 1831.
Who is Nat Turner?
100
This organization was the most common way slaves escaped to the North or to Canada.
What is the Underground Railroad?
100
A synonym for revolt, specifically on board a ship.
What is mutiny?
100
The most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad. Sometimes compared to Moses.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
100
The kind of job held by most slaves.
What is a field hand?
200
This incident, that took place on a slave ship, went all the way to the Supreme Court and returned many slaves to Africa.
What is the Amistad Mutiny?
200
A legal (and expensive) way for slaves to become free.
What is buying their freedom?
200
The unfair treatment of people of a certain race.
What is discrimination?
200
The name of William Lloyd Garrison's antislavery newspaper.
What is the Liberator?
200
The most common form of slave resistance.
What is avoiding work OR quiet forms of rebellion?
300
This slave's plot to take over Richmond, Virginia in 1800 was revealed to authorities by two other slaves.
Who is Gabriel Prosser?
300
He hid fugitive slaves in his home and helped over 2,000 slaves escape from the South.
Who is Levi Coffin?
300
The resettlement of black people in Africa.
What is colonization?
300
A former slave who became a celebrated speaker, author, and non-violent abolitionist.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
300
Quilting bees, dancing, eating, playing games, going to church, and visiting friends.
What are common leisure activities for slaves?
400
This freed slave was hung before his South Carolina rebellion was carried out.
Who is Denmark Vesey?
400
Henry Brown's unique way of "delivering" himself out of slavery.
What is mailing himself in a box to Philadelphia?
400
Campaign to abolish, or end, slavery.
What is the abolition movement OR abolitionism?
400
White militant abolitionist who believed war was necessary to end slavery.
Who is John Brown?
400
Beating, whipping, treating slaves like grown-up children, and keeping slaves ignorant about the world.
What are methods of controlling slaves?
500
Gabriel's conspiracy had this effect on slaves in Virginia.
What are laws passed restricting slave movement and hiring?
500
A tricky way for literate slaves to escape to the North.
What is forging a pass claiming a person is free?
500
Organization that sent over 10,000 blacks to Africa.
What is the American Colonization Society?
500
Black militant abolitionist who published a pamphlet urging blacks to rise up against slavery.
Who is David Walker?
500
This invention increased the price of slaves and increased the demand for slaves.
What is the cotton gin?
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