Cultural Resistance
Who is John W. Blassingame?
The author of "The slave community"
Why was day to day so important?
it illustrated the challenge and daily refusal with which Africans confronted the enslavement system.
What is Abolitionism
creating any necessary action and movement for ending slavery.
Define Guerilla Warfare
a warfare fought by irregulars such as members of Maroon or independent communities. Maroon communities duplicated the African societies, they existed in forest, mountain, and swampy regions in states such as Virginia, Carolinas, Georgia, etc.
What is a Revolt?
an armed uprising which does not end in a state of power.
The three forms of the cultural resistance
1. Culture creation
2. Culture retention & Synthesis
3. Maintenance and development of a family against all odds.
Give 2 examples of day-to-day sabotage
Breaking tools, Taking Property, and destroying crops.
Name two abolitionists
Harriet Tubman
Fredrick Douglass
Sojourner Truth
Explain the Afro Native American Alliance
this alliance was between the Native Americans and Africans due to their common mistreatment and enslavement by the Europeans.
How many slave revolts were recorded in the US?
There was over 250 slave revolts recorded in the US
Define Cultural Creation
Cultural creation was a form of cultural resistance in which the Europeans sought to not only destroy the Africans past but to also limit and control their future.
This is the ultimate form of day-to-day resistance
suicide and infanticide
By 1838, how many abolitionists groups were there?
50 groups of Abolitionists by 1838
Armed Resistance received the most criticism during slavery due to. . .
its armed action against society
What was the most notable slave revolt
Name at least 2 distinctive survival retentions
Dancing and moral narratives
Flight was included in day to day resistance because of this reason
Harriett Tubman visited the South this many times. . .
she was in the south 19 times
Explain the African-Mexican Alliance
This alliance was due to wanting freedom, enslaved Africans moved to the borders of Mexico and acted as "barriers" in the war against Spain.
These two rebel leaders started revolts during the 1800's
Vessey and Turner
These are the 3 elements that African Slavery relied on
1)Interaction between certain universal elements of West African culture. 2)institutionalized demands of plantation. 3) The process of enslavement and the (African) creative response to enslavement
Flight is not truly a form of day-to-day resistance because. . .
Day to Day resistance was upon daily refusal and challenge. However, flight was not an everyday action
This group of Black people were important to the Underground Railroad. . .
it was a chance to help enslaved Africans be free
These are the 5 basic forms of armed resistance. . .
1)Revolts 2)Ship Mutinies 3)Guerilla Warfare 4)Afro-Mexican Alliance and Struggle 5) Afro-Native American Alliance and Struggle
The three elements of an unsuccessful revolution are...
1. The Reveal about rebels and the leader
2. The effect they have on slaveholders
3. The effect they held on other enslaved Africans and descendants