Africa
This term is used to describe the spreading of African people from their national, local, and tribal locals in Africa to other parts of the world?
African Diaspora
The enslaved African sued for her freedom in 1655 and won. She claimed that her father was a free man and arranged her baptism as a Christian. She argued that she should be free. Name this individual
Elizabeth Key
This individual learned to read and write before she was 20 years old and would become a famous poet. Enslaved from a young age, she gained her freedom in 1772. By 1773 she became the first African American woman to publish a book of poetry. Her book was entitled Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. Who was this poet?
Phillis Wheatley
During the French and Indian War many black men fought for the British army. During the American Revolution, black men fought for both as patriots and loyalists. About how many black men fought and died during the American Revolution?
5,000
Born and enslaved in Tuckahoe, Maryland, this black American learned to read and write and later worked on the docks in Baltimore. He escaped slavery via the underground railroad and later become the country’s most noted abolitionists. Name this individual:
Frederick Douglass
After loading enslaved Africans on the Atlantic coast of Africa, ships from different ports in England and France, sailed directly to the Americas. Once there, they sold the enslaved people who had survived the Atlantic Ocean. This terrible two-month journey and crossing was called?
The Middle Passage
Enslaved laborers participated in every stage of building construction, from the retrieval and transportation of stone to the construction of this Executive Mansion. This mansion would later become a prominent symbol of the United States. Name this building
The White House
Born in Maryland in 1731, this individual knew several languages and became the first black civilian employee of the United States Government. He published an almanac and had several impressive builds like the wooden clock. Name this individual
Benjamin Banneker
A majority of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence had enslaved people. How many are believed to not own enslaved people?
Approximately 15
In 1821 this individual became a teacher and opened up a school for those enslaved to teach them how to read. It was not successful as slave owners would not permit those they enslaved to attend. In 1826, he moved to Indiana and became a conductor on the Underground Railroad. He assisted more than 2,000 enslaved persons escape bondage. Name this individual:
Levi Coffin
The West African Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai were rich kingdoms. This leader from the Kingdom of Mali from 1312-1337 is believed to be the riches person to ever live. Name this leader:
Mansa Musa
Several colonies took steps to abolish slavery in the late 1770’s and early 1780’s. This place, which was recognized as Americas fourteenth state in 1791, was among the first to prohibit slavery in 1777. Name this place.
Vermont
This colonial governor recruited black soldiers and became a strong advocate of their fighting ability for the British army. Of this individuals six hundred troops, half were African Americans whose uniforms had the motto “Liberty to Slaves.” Name this colonial governor:
Lord Dunmore
This individual had escaped bondage and slavery in Maryland in 1849. Known as “Moses of her People,” she made several trips into the South and helped approximately 300 enslaved black people escape to freedom. She would also serve as a scout, spy, guerrilla soldier, and nurse for the Union Army during the Civil War. Name her.
Harriet Tubman
Enslaved blacks were forced to work on plantations to cultivate, prepare, and pack this cash crop. Name this crop.
Tobacco
The Capitol Building
This enslaved runaway was among the first to die in the American Revolution. During the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770, the British troops fired into a crowd in Boston. Killed by British gunfire, this individual serves as a reminder that America began with many different patriots. Name this patriot who was killed during the Boston
Crispus Attucks
This black soldier served in Col. Fry’s regiment of the Revolutionary War and fought in the Battle of Bunker’s Hill. In 1775, Minutemen wrote a petition, citing Poor’s heroism and was described as “[Poor] behaved like an experienced offer, as well as an excellent officer, and set forth…[that he is] a brave & gallant Soldier”. Name this solider:
Salem Poor
Born in Charles County, Maryland, this individual was born into and later escaped slavery. He was sold as an enslaved person multiple times. Using the Underground Railroad, he escaped to Canada in 1830. He wrote a book of his life that was published in 1849. Harriet Beecher Stowe included portions of his life in her book Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Name this Marylander.
Josiah Henson
The African American experience began in Africa; however, the history of African Americans in the United States began when a Dutch ship arrived in Jamestown, Virginia in 1619. This ships captain exchanged his cargo of Africans for food. How many Africans were exchanged for this food?
20
While enslaved in New England, this individual saw the horrors of slavery. After Massachusetts adopted a new constitution in 1780, this individual helped bring an end to slavery in the state. She argued that slavery was illegal in the state because of a “free and equal” clause. She won the case. Name this pioneer.
Elizabeth Freeman or Mum Bett
This individual is known as the first Black architect in the United States. He was the first Black student to enroll at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and designed several buildings on different college campuses. Name this architect:
Robert Taylor
By the end of the American Revolution, about 50,000 African Americans lived in the Northern Colonies. About how many lived in the Southern Colonies?
400,000
This abolitionist and feminist attended conferences and gave speeches to fight against slavery and for woman’s rights. In 1852, she attended and spoke at the National Woman Suffrage Convention in Akron, Ohio. In her speech she said “Look at Me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain’t I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man – when I could get it- and bear the lash as well! And ain’t I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother’s grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain’t I a woman?” Name this incredibly abolitionist and feminist:
Sojourner Truth