African Diaspora
What historical event created the second independent nation in the Americas and the first Black republic free of slavery?
What is Haitian Revolution?
What 1839 event involved Mende captives taking over a slave ship, leading to a landmark Supreme Court case?
What is Amistad Revolt?
What was the name of the first sanctioned free Black town in what is now the United States?
What is Fort Mose?
Who was known as the "Moses" of her people for leading approximately 80 enslaved people to freedom?
What is Harriet Tubman?
What Freedom Day commemorates June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Texas learned they were free?
What is Juneteenth?
What African cultural practice in Brazil combines martial arts, music, and call-and-response singing?
What is Capoeira?
What was the name of the covert network helping enslaved people escape to freedom?
What is Underground Railroad?
What institutions did free Black people create to support their communities in Northern cities?
What is Mutual-aid societies?
Who was the first African to arrive in North America during a Spanish expedition in 1513?
What is Juan Garrido?
What Amendment to the U.S. Constitution permanently abolished slavery?
What is Thirteenth Amendment?
What linguistic creation combined West African and European languages in the Carolinas
What is Gullah?
What 1857 Supreme Court case ruled African Americans could never be U.S. citizens?
What is Dred Scott?
What Article of the 1805 Haitian Constitution declared all citizens of Haiti to be Black?
What is Article 14?
Who was the first African American to publish a book of poetry?
What is Phillis Wheatley?
What was the first official African American regiment of the Union Army during the Civil War?
What is 54th Massachusetts?
What geographical feature is associated with maroon communities in Virginia and North Carolina
What is Great Dismal Swamp?
What was the name of the journey across the Atlantic Ocean for enslaved Africans?
What is Middle Passage?
What term describes a political philosophy that promoted Black unity, pride, and self-determination?
What is Black nationalism?
Which Black captain led maroons in Jamaica during wars against the English in the 18th century?
What is Queen Nanny?
What significant legal document was created in 1740 as a direct response to the Stono Rebellion?
What is South Carolina Slave Code?
Which African region sent the highest percentage of enslaved people to North America? (23.6%)
What is Senegambia?
What legal doctrine determined an enslaved child's status based on the mother's status?
What is Partus sequitur ventrem?
What strategy did advocates of moral suasion oppose, embracing instead the potential of slave revolts and violence if necessary?
What is Radical resistance?
Who was the enslaved potter in South Carolina who inscribed short poems on the jars he created despite bans on literacy?
What is David Drake?
What name did Frederick Douglass use for spirituals in his discussions of enslaved people's musical traditions?
What is Sorrow songs?