Slave Uprisings
Religion
Life Under Slavery
100
the most violent slave revolt in the country occurred in 1831.
What is Nat Turner's Rebellion?
100
emotional Christian songs that blended African and European music.
What are spirituals?
100
viewed slaves as property, not people.
Who are slaveholders?
200
a slave from Southampton Country, Virginia that believed that god told him to end slavery.
Who is Nat Turner?
200
slaves in ancient Egypt who had faith that they would someday live in freedom.
Who are The Hebrew?
200
sometimes even kidnapped free African Americans and then sold them into slavery.
Who are slave traders?
300
planned a rebellion near Richmond, Virgina, in 1800.
Who is Gabriel Prosser?
300
most plantation owners used this. All field hands worked on the same task at the same time.
What is the Gang-Labor system?
300
determined whether families would be kept together or separated.
What is an auction?
400
planned a rebellion in Charleston, South Carolina in 1822.
Who is Denmark Vesey?
400
stories with a moral.
What are Folktales?
400
a free African American that was kidnapped in Washington, D.C.
Who is Solomon Northup?
500
to further control slaves, actions, states passed these laws.
What are slave codes?
500
him and his family were auctioned. His entire family was separated.
Who is Josiah Henson?
500
he recalled that the field hands usually did not get a break at lunch.
Who is Harry McMillan?
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