Topic 2.4-2.5
The ________________ is the name given to the journey from Africa to America for captives?
Middle Passage
What factors two led to the Domestic Slave Trade?
The growth of the cotton industry and The banning of the transatlantic slave trade
The South Carolina slave codes were a response to what?
The Stono Rebellion
________________________________ emerged throughout the African diaspora, often in remote and hidden environments beyond the purview of enslavers.
Maroon Communities
What is the Underground Railroad?
A system of routes led by abolitionists who provided transport, shelter, etc. to runaway slaves leaving the south.
What was the name of the rebellion where enslaved Africans took over the infamous ship during a rebellion. After a trial that lasted two years, the Supreme Court granted the Mende captives their freedom.
La Amistad
______________________ defined chattel slavery as a race-based, inheritable, lifelong condition and included restrictions on movement, congregation, possessing weapons, and wearing fine fabrics, among other activities.
Slave Codes
What rebellion in the U.S did the Haitian Revolution inspire?
German Coast uprising
What was the name of the area in which a large number of secret maroon communities existed within the United States?
The Great Dismal Swamps
_________________________ is a strategy that sought to change the status of African Americans in American society through persuasion by appealing to a sense of morality and ethics.
Moral Suasion
What four methods were used as resistance on slave ships?
hunger strikes, attempting to jump overboard, overcoming linguistic differences to form revolts, Overthrowing captors
What was the basis for Dred Scott’s claim in Dred Scott v. Sandford?
Dred Scott and his wife lived in the free Wisconsin Territory before being moved back to Missouri Territory (Slave Territory) and was thus free.
What led to the slaves on Saint Domingue (Haiti) wanting to revolt by 1791?
They produce the most coffee and sugar in the world, yet were given brutal, violent treatment.
What three locations did immigrationists promote immigrating to?
Haiti, Mexico, and Sierra Leon
What were African American roles/participation in the civil war?
They served as soldiers on the frontline.
_____________________ detailed the violence and physical and emotional effects enslaved people experienced from being sold at auction into unknown territory.
Slave Narratives
_______________________ was a seventeenth century law, defined a child’s legal status based on the status of their mother.
Partus sequiter ventrem
In the late 18th century, free black people created _______________________,which acted as modern insurance companies, organized resistances, and operated orphanages.
Mutual Aid Societies
What was the relationship between African American and indigenous communities in the 19th century?
Some welcomed and fought alongside some maroons while others owned slaves and assisted in the return of self-emancipated freedom seekers
What is Juneteenth a celebration of?
It is a holiday that celebrates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States.
What was the two impacts of rebellions on slave ships?
It spread anti-slavery activism, and It led to new slave ships with proper equipment for enslavement to be made.
What are the four early creative expression we discussed for African American Culture?
Quilt-Making, Spiritual Music, Story-Telling Traditions, and the Creation of African American Music
Who was the first black woman to public a political manifesto?
Maria W. Stewart
Why did immigrationists promote immigrating outside of the U.S?
The continuation of racial discrimination in the U.S raised doubts about reaching equality in the U.S.
What was the movement to end slavery called?
Abolition