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What are the Fugitive Slave Acts?
These laws passed in 1793 and 1850 allowed escaped enslaved people to be captured and returned.
What is a spiritual?
A type of song, also known as a "sorrow song" or "jubilee song.
What is the Stono Rebellion?
enslaved African Americans who burned plantations and marched toward freedom in Spanish Florida.
What are cooks, nurses, laundresses, and spies?
While Black men served as soldiers and builders, Black women supported the war effort in these roles
What is Brazil?
This country received the largest number of enslaved Africans
What are independent Black schools, businesses, and churches?
These institutions helped support the cultural and political work of Black writers and speakers during the late 18th and early 19th centuries
What is the American Colonization Society?
A organization that’s aimed to exile free Black people to Africa
What is Fort Mose?
settlement in Spanish Florida was the first sanctioned free Black town
What is photography?
In the 19th century, African American leaders used this new technology to counter racist stereotypes and assert their dignity.
What is the Trail of Tears?
Indigenous enslavers removed from their lands by the federal government
Who is Harriet Tubman?
She escaped slavery, then returned to the South at least 19 times to lead others to freedom.
What are maroon communities?
self-emancipated groups formed hidden settlements in swamps, mountains, and forests to escape slavery
Who lead the Stono Rebellion?
a man named Jemmy
What is 2021?
Juneteenth became a federal holiday in this year
What are slave codes?
measures to enforce slavery within their communities
What is quilt-making?
traditional craft that blends African influences with local materials to tell stories and preserve memories
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
Though the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863.
What is the Haitian Revolution?
Enslaved people that successfully overthrew a colonial government and created a Black republic free of slavery.
What is the Underground Railroad?
This term refers to a secret network that helped enslaved people escape to freedom
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
1863 wartime order declared freedom for enslaved people
What is moral suasion?
radical resistance advocates rejected this tactic, which sought to end slavery and achieve equality
What are the abolitionist and feminist movements?
Black women’s narratives in the U.S. and Caribbean contributed to these two social movements.
What is the Louisiana Revolt of 1811?
The largest slave revolt that included enslaved people marching toward New Orleans.
What is Gullah?
This creole language, spoken primarily in the coastal regions of South Carolina and Georgia
Who are anti-emigrationists?
People that believed that abolition and racial equality were consistent with American ideals