Vocabulary
Resistance and Revolt
Liberated Africans
Liberated Africans
1831-3rd
100
The act of enslaved people escaping from plantations and forming independent communities in remote areas.
Marronage
100
Acts or resistance employed by the enslaved can be placed in TWO categories.
Identify the TWO main categories of resistance.
Active and Passive
100
Identify the important historical structure pictured below.
St. Phillips Anglican Church, Kingstown Tortola, BVI
100
How long was the apprenticeship period the Liberated Africans were forced into supposed to last?
14 years
100
What was ONE major factor that contributed to Caribbean revolts after the Haitian Revolution?
a) Increased taxes
b) Rumours that freedom was being withheld
c) Lack of food supplies
d) New trade laws
b) Rumours that freedom was being withheld
200
One who owns, or owns and manages a business or other such establishment.
Proprietor
200
List TWO examples of passive resistance.
1.
2.
Malingering
Lying, stealing
Feigning illness/injuries/ignorance
Poisoning
Sabotage
Maiming animals-other enslaved
200
What law led to the capture of illegal slave-trading vessels?
Abolition of the Trade of Captured African Act
200
Name any THREE of the vessels that were seized by the Royal Navy
Manuella,
Venus,
Atrevido,
Candelaria
200
On Saturday, the 4 th of September, 1831 the conch shell blew on____________. This signalled the start of the Revolution.
a. Purcell Estate
b. Josiah's Bay Estate
c. Arthur Hodges', Bellevue Estate
d. Anderson’s Brewer’s Bay Estate
d. Anderson’s Brewer’s Bay Estate
300
A forcible takeover of a government or social order.
Revolution
300
Subtle tactics performed by the enslaved that slowly chipped away at the system of enslavement, making it more frustrating for the planters.
Passive resistance
300
How many vessels were seized between 1814 and 1815?
Four
300
Who was responsible for distributing the Liberated Africans as apprentices?
The Collector of Customs distributed the Liberated Africans as apprentices.
300
On which of George Martin's Estates was Shelly Martin enslaved?
Joe's Hill
400
To transfer land or other asset without the use of money, or item of value.
Grant
400
List THREE examples of active resistance.
1.
2.
3.
Active resistance
-Overt-
Designed to end the institution of slavery.
1. Murdering of whites
2. Revolt, Rebellion, Revolution, arson
3. Marronage, war
400
What information can be extracted about George Martin from the following?
George Martin’s Joe’s Hill Estate
George Martin’s was a relatively wealthy individual who owned at least TWO estates/properties
400
To whom were the Liberated Africans apprenticed? Give two groups.
i. To members of the Council and Assembly,
ii. and to proprietors of sugar and cotton plantations
400
Who was referred to as " Leader of the uprising", and "Uncle"?
Shelly Martin of George Martin’s Joe’s Hill Estate
500
A secret plan by a group to do something unlawful.
Conspiracy
500
Why were maroon communities difficult to establish in the VI(UK)?
Islands were too small, no extensive forests, swamps nor mountains to secretly settle.
Most of the forests on the island were cut to make way for plantations, provide material for boats, and provide firewood
500
Why is the Church at Kingstown, Tortola important to Caribbean History?
First official Black Free Church in the Americas, it was built on land granted to the African captives liberated from four slave vessels seized by the Royal Navy after 1807, after they served a period of 14 years of apprenticeship.
500
Describe TWO ways the Liberated Africans were treated unfairly.
Treatment of the Liberated Africans was marked by negligence, harsh usage and lack of proper support’
Liberated Africans were not taught skills.
Liberated Africans worked in fields beside the enslaved.
500
What was to be the role of women should freedom be denied to the enslaved in 1831?
The women were to stay in the country and burn the plantation works.