Resistance and Advocacy
Strategies for resistance during the Slave Trade.
mutinies, refusal to eat, and jumping overboard.
This trade network, connecting three continents, fueled the economic dependence on enslaved labor in the Americas and what was the name of the second route to America? (Departure Zones and Slave Trading Regions in Africa, Topic 2.2)
the triangular trade system, the Middle Passage
define chattel slavery
A race-based, inheritable, lifelong condition and included restrictions on movement, congregation, possessing weapons, and wearing fine fabrics, among other activities.
How did the invention of the cotton gin intensify regional and national economic dependence on slavery? (Slave Auctions and the Domestic Slave Trade, Topic 2.5)
Its ability to make cotton processing faster and more profitable, driving demand for enslaved labor in the South
What is Mr. Farmer's favorite college football team?
Auburn
This Supreme Court case established that enslaved Africans who revolted aboard a Spanish ship had the right to seek freedom. (African Resistance on Slave Ships and the Antislavery Movement, Topic 2.4)
These were the two most common cash crops that enslaved Africans cultivated in the Caribbean and southern colonies during the early transatlantic trade.
Sugar and Tobacco
What ways did slave codes attempt to address fears of rebellion while dehumanizing enslaved people? (Slavery and American Law: Slave Codes and Landmark Cases, Topic 2.7)
Restrictions on assembly, literacy, and movement designed to limit African American autonomy and reinforce white control?
Latinized Black people who were born or raised in Spain, Portugal or these nations' Atlantic or American colonies and who spoke fluent Spanish or Portuguese?
Ladinos
What College did Mr. Farmer graduate from?
UNC Pembroke
What was the purpose of slave ship diagrams and depictions by various artists.
(Farmer's Discretion) Bring light to: dehumanization, conditions, etc.
Nearly half of those taken from Africa were composed of captives from which contemporary African regions?
Senegambia & Angola
How did the concept of hypodescent, or the "one-drop rule," institutionalize racial divisions and enforce slavery’s boundaries? (The Social Construction of Race and the Reproduction of Status, Topic 2.8)
Its use in defining race to maintain white supremacy and justify the enslavement of mixed-race individuals
Why were women considered uniquely valuable in the institution of slavery, both economically and socially? (Labor, Culture, and Economy, Topic 2.6)
their roles in labor and reproduction, increasing enslavers’ wealth by providing both workforce and future generations of enslaved people
What was the first fully integrated High School in Raleigh?
Enloe
Purpose of Spirituals (Creating African American Culture, Topic 2.9)
to inspire hope and covertly communicate resistance strategies.
Analyze the economic motivations behind the triangular trade and how it perpetuated the institution of slavery.
(Farmer Discretion) Answers need to include a long the lines of: cheap labor, profit, manufactured goods
How did the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision reflect broader debates over citizenship and the status of African Americans in pre-Civil War America? (Slavery and American Law: Slave Codes and Landmark Cases, Topic 2.7)
The assertion that African Americans, enslaved or free, had no constitutional rights and were considered property, fueling sectional tensions?
How did the commodification of enslaved individuals through broadsides reveal the economic logic/value of slavery? (Labor, Culture, and Economy, Topic 2.6)
the advertisements that emphasized enslaved individuals’ skills and physical traits to maximize market value
Two boys are born to the mother at the same time, but they are not twins. How is that possible?
They are Triplets
How did African American artist advance the movement for abolition?
How did the reliance on enslaved African labor shape the racial hierarchies that became central to colonial societies in the Americas?
the development of a racial caste system that justified slavery and excluded Africans and their descendants from political, social, and economic rights?
Partus sequitur ventrem is best described as…
A seventeenth century law that defined a child’s legal status based on the status of their mother and held significant consequences for enslaved African Americans.
This form of music, rooted in African traditions, became a tool for spiritual resistance and communal bonding among enslaved people.
Spirituals
What is Mr. Farmer's lucky number?
12