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The place Harriet Jacobs chose to live for 7 years
What is the attic
This is the number of enslaved people living in the U.S. by 1860 (___million)
what is 4 million
This is where an escaped slave went in search for freedom
What is the north/what is Canada
The documents that the Constitution replaced
What are Articles of Confederation
What is 13?
Colonists traded these items with Africans in return for enslaved people (name 3)
What is weapons, rum, iron, cloth, tools
This is an example of PASSIVE resistance in which enslaved people used
This is what motivated White plantation owners
what is money/profits
The beginning or first section of the Constitution is called this
What is the preamble
The Emancipation Proclamation freed the enslaved people in this part of the country
This is the country where the Atlantic slave trade began
This is an example of ACTIVE resistance used by enslaved people
what is fighting slave owners, running away, poisoning/hurting owners, setting fire to house, hurting self
This is the strategy Ellen & William Craft used to escape slavery
What is Ellen dressed like a white man traveling with his servant (William)
The principle of the Constitution that gives the power to the people
What is popular sovereignty
This law was designed to help enslavers recapture enslaved African Americans fleeing slavery. It provided rewards to anyone who returned an escaped enslaved person and punished those who helped them escape
What are the Fugitive Slave Acts
This amendment finally made slavery illegal in the United States (#)
What is the 13th amendment
This is how Europeans explained and justified slavery
What is claiming Africans are biologically inferior and destined to be enslaved
Who is Henry Bibb
The principle of the Constitution which states our citizens elect leaders to make government decisions for us
What is republicanism
The impact the slave trade had on Africa
What is Africa losing millions of people, their kingdoms and economy collapsing, leading to colonization and warfare
This was a machine invented by Eli Whitney that made processing cotton more efficient
What is cotton gin
These are some ways in which enslavers tried to keep their slaves from revolting (name 2)
What is preventing slaves from gathering in groups, not teaching slaves to read or write, requiring slaves have a pass to leave the property
This is one way enslaved African Americans kept African traditions and culture alive in their communities
What is practiced religion, performed African music and dance, shared African folk stories to children, established communities and families
The principle of the constitution that says the government can only do what is listed in the Constitution, no more
What is limited government