Enslaved People
This type of worker made up about 3/4’s of rural enslaved people, working from dawn to dusk tending crops…
Field hands
What restrictions did free black people face in both the North & South?
They cannot vote
What was the main thing that separated the North and the South?
Slavery/westward expansion
Who was Fredrick Douglass?
Abolitionist who escaped slavery and became a prominent writer against the institution of slavery
What did Harriet Tubman do?
She was a runaway slave that created the Underground Railroad to help other enslaved black people get to freedom
The practice of forcibly transporting Africans across the Atlantic to work as Slaves in the US
Transatlantic Slave Trade, Triangle Trade
How were they treated in public schools?
They were denied entry to public schools and once they were finally allowed in, segregation was the newest obstacle in their way
whats the name of the job where they hunt down and capture runaway slaves in the North?
Slave catchers
How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the lives of African Americans?
They were all set free but still faced prejudice and discrimination
What does the AME church stand for?
African Methodist Episcopal
What were the consequences if enslaved people were caught trying to run away?
Forced to return back to their owners plantation, were beaten as punishment, possibly sold to a different plantation away from their family to set an example for the rest. Thanks to the Fugitive Slave Act
What jobs did most Free Black People have?
Small farmers, business owner, blacksmith, carpenters, barbers, laborers at docs or construction, many women became domestic servants and worked as maids, cooks, nannies
What were the names of the political parties in the north and south?
North- Republican
South- Confederacy
What was considered quiet or passive resistance?
Slaves pretending to be sick, dumb or unable in order to undermine the demands of their owner
How did the cotton gin impact the institution of slavery in the South?
Sped the process of picking the seeds out of the cotton to produce more textile products
who were skilled enslaved workers?
Enslaved people who did not work in fields, they were skilled seamstresses/carpenters/blacksmiths who worked in their owners house as a servant
Richard Allen created a self-help organization to improve the lives of free black people, what was this organization called?
African Society for the Education of Youth
The South had plantations to boost their economy while the North had…
Industrialization (factories)
Enslaved people who refused to do work or struck back at their owners were an example of…
Open defiance
Who did Fredrick douglass fight against that became a turning point…
the slave breaker, Covey
what population of enslaved people lived in towns and cities rather than on rural farms and plantations in 1860…
Around 140,000
What percentage of free Black people in New York had low paying jobs in the 1850s?
87%
The South didn’t legally recognize slaves marriages, creating the tradition of…
Jumping over a broomstick
What group was formed in 1853 to protest the unequal treatment that free black people in the North faced..
National Council of Colored People
W. E. B. Dubois believes that African Americans brought what to America?
The gift of the spirit