Row 1
What are the three major acts of Slave Resistance?
Runaway, Rebel/Revolt, Small Daily Acts of Resistance
What are some examples of daily acts of resistance?
Breaking tools, pretending not to know how to do something, working slowly
What was Denmark Vesey’s slave rebellion plan?
Kill all Slaveholders and their families, burn Charleston to the ground, and sail to freedom
Why did Denmark Vesey’s slave rebellion not come to fruition?
An enslaved person told their slaveholder and Vesey and his co-conspirators were charged with conspiracy, most were killed or exiled
How did Denmark Vesey’s planned rebellion make life more difficult for enslaved and emancipated people?
White fear lead to harsher laws
What was the role of the Black Church in the pre Civil War era?
Gather place for community, discussion, and organization
What was the role of Abolitionists in the pre Civil War era?
Doing the work - starting organizations, writing petitions, speaking to the public etc.
What group of people were particularly involved in abolition work at this time?
Women
What was the role of the Black press in the pre Civil War era?
Common messaging for the Black Community, Opportunities were shared
Why did the Amistad get sailed to Connecticut rather than New York?
Slavery was still legal in Connecticut at the time
What was the Amistad case about when it was in the Federal District Court in Connecticut?
Property rights - The plantation owners, government of Spain, and captain of the ship all believed the Africans on the ship belonged to them
What was the final outcome of the Amistad case?
The Amistad Africans were considered free and returned to their homeland
How did Nat Turner’s rebellion positively impact enslaved people?
Many were freed, brought attention to the issues surrounding enslavement
How did Nat Turner’s rebellion negatively impact the Black community?
Harsher laws (couldn’t hunt, own livestock, learn to read), extremely violent - lead to White fear
What is the difference between the abolitionist work that Harriet Tubman did and Frederick Douglass did?
Douglass was more of public figure writing and doing speaking engagements, while Tubman’s Underground Railroad work happened more in secrecy
What is ironic about the Fourth of July to Frederick Douglass at the time of his speech?
It was a day that celebrated freedom and independence but the Black community in the United States was not free
What were the Fugitive Slave Acts?
A set of laws that required runaway slaves to be returned to their slaveholder no matter where they were caught or captured (even in a state where slavery was illegal)
What word never appears in the text of the Fugitive Slave Acts?
Slave - referred to as fugitives
What was Dred Scott’s main reason for suing Mrs. Emerson?
He claimed to be a free man since he lived in a free state for some time
What was the Supreme Court Ruling in the Dred Scott case?
Scott was still an enslaved person and therefore was not a US Citizen and had no rights in federal court
What was the Northern response to the Dred Scott decision?
Rejected the decision and leaned on state law - deepened the divided between the north and south pre Civil War
Describe the events of “Bleeding Kansas”
A mini civil war fought between pro and antislavery advocates over whether or not slavery would be legal in Kansas (a new territory)
Describe John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry
Considered a “dress rehearsal for the Civil War,” an interracial group lead by John Brown wanted to seize the armory and being to establish a free Black community in that area, federal troops were brought in and “won”
Does the Emancipation Proclamation apply to all territories?
No
What does Lincoln want newly emancipated people to do?
Stay away from violence and work for fair wages