Maryland Laws
The year Maryland abolished slavery.
When was November 1, 1864?
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The slave woman born in Dorchester County, Maryland who spent years of her life guiding slaves to free states through the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman? She was born in 1822 and escaped slavery in 1849. She mainly rescued slaves on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The Fight chapter in Kindred takes place around 1825-1826, which is when Harriet was 3-4 years old.
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The Amendment that outlawed slavery in every state.
What is the 13th Amendment? This Amendment was passed on December 6, 1865, eight months after the end of the Civil War.
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The year the first English settlers founded Maryland.
When was 1634? The English settlers founded Saint Mary's City in Southern Maryland in 1634. This was before settlers brought indenture servants or slaves to Maryland.
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Dana broke this code when she started teaching Nigel.
What is "A slave is barred from learning to read and write?" Dana broke this by teaching Nigel to read and write. She later on taught Joe and the other children.
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The year Maryland prohibited the importation of slaves.
When was 1783?
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The slave man born in Talbout Country, Maryland who escaped slavery and afterwards wrote a autobiography of his life about his time as a slave.
Who is Frederick Douglas? He was born in 1818 and escaped slavery in 1838. In 1845, Frederick Douglas published his first autobiography. Frederick was one years old during the Fall chapter in Kindred.
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The year the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln.
When was 1863? The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in territories where there were rebellions. In reality, this did not free any slaves until after the Civil War was over and other laws were passed to end slavery.
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The year the first slaves were brought to Maryland.
When was 1642? Thirteen African slaves were brought over to Saint Mary's City, Maryland. At this time, indentured servitude and slavery were both being used.
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Dana broke this code when she brought a Maryland map book from 1976 to 1819.
What is "A slave cannot own a book (including the bible)?" Dana broke this when she brought the Maryland map book with her from her home. She owns no other book that she brought with her to the 1800s except that one.
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The year Maryland prohibited free blacks from entering and living in the state.
When was 1832? This law was in response to the Nat Turner Revolt, which was a slave resurrection in Virginia.
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The man who was born in Charles Country, Maryland and inspired the novel character Uncle Tom.
Who is Josiah Henson? He was born in Charles County, Maryland in 1789.
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The start and end of the Civil War.
Double Jeopardy
When were 1861 and 1865? The Civil War began in 1861 and ended in 1865. This was 40 years after the events of Kindred take place.
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The year The Maryland Gazette published the infamous Vox Africanorum.
When was 1783? The Vox Africanorum is a paper that criticized Americans' ideals of liberty and equality while the country were enslaving Africans.
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Dana broke this slave code when she called Rufus a cracker.
What is "A slave cannot speak harshly to or squabble with whites?"
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The year free black men were prohibited to vote in Maryland.
When was 1802? This law was passed by the Maryland General Assembly.
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The first former indentured servant turned freeman to vote in the state of Maryland.
Who is Mathias De Sousa? He voted in the Maryland Propietary Assembly in 1642. This shows how black, former indentured servants could vote centuries earlier than free black men after slavery.
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The name of the U.S. Supreme Court case that decided slaves could not sue for their freedom after they lived in a free state for an extended amount of time.
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)? Dred Scott was a slave from Missouri who lived in the free states of Illinois and Wisconsin for many years. He returned to the slave state Missouri so he can sue for his freedom because he lived "freely" in Illinois and Wisconsin for a long time. This court decision denied Dred Scott U.S. citizenship which also denied all other African Americans equal rights as citizens.
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The year Maryland colonized its free black population.
When was 1831? The American Colonization Society, derived of many Southern slavery states, started sending each states' free black population to Liberia in 1822 under the authority of Dr. Eli Aryes. Dr. Ashford, a man from Maryland succeeded Dr. Aryes and the Maryland Colonizational Society joined this practice in 1831.
This was almost ten years after the events of Kindred took place.
(Robinson, 1832).
Dana broke this slave code when she brought her knife with her from 1976.
What is "A slave cannot possess weapons or liquor?" Dana had a knife on her since the Fall section of the book. She lost it during the Fight section, then used a different knife during the Rope section.
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The year Maryland legalized slavery.
When was 1664?
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This is an African Muslim man from Senegal who was sold into slavery in Maryland.
Hint: He shares a name with a character from the Bible
Who is Ayyub Ben Suleiman Diallo, otherwise known as Job Ben Solomon? He was sold into slavery in 1731 to work on a Maryland tobacco plantation. He lived there until 1733 when a philanthropist named James Oglethrope freed Job because he was fluent in Arabic. Job lived in England and asked an Englishman to write his biography. This is considered one of the first African American Muslim slave narratives of history.
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The name of the fictional book that promoted the abolition of slavery which was inspired by a real slave.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin? It was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and published in 1852.
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The year the first anti-slavery Maryland abolition society was created.
When was 1789? This organization was called: Maryland Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and for Relief of Poor Negroes and Others Unlawfully Held in Bondage.
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Dana broke these two slave codes when she ran away from the Weylin house. Only have to name one. Double Jeopardy if you name both codes.
What are "A slave cannot leave a plantation without documentation of their destination and time of return" and "a slave must abide by established curfews?"
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