Transatlantic Slave Trade I
Name of the forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas
Middle Passage
Caste refers to a system based on racial __________.
Hierarchy
Invention that led to a massive increase in the demand for enslaved labor in the South
Cotton Gin
Author of the Declaration of Independence who wrote that "all men are created equal" in 1776.
Thomas Jefferson
Famous Black female poet and the first to publish a collection of poems.
Phillis Wheatley
These events were often the sites were enslaved people were sold.
Auctions
Partus sequitur ventrem ("that which follows from the womb") refers to a policy adopted by Virginia and other North American colonies that decided a babies status would be based on _________________.
the mother
System of labor whereby enslaved people worked in groups, often in fields picking cotton or cultivating another crop.
I was the first American killed by Great Britain in the American Revolution, dying at the "Boston Massacre". Who am I?
Crispus Attucks
_____________ were a form of music practiced by enslaved African Americans that blended elements of Christianity with African themes and culture.
Spirituals
European country that began the Transatlantic Slave Trade, sending most of their enslaved cargo to Brazil.
Portugal
The One _______ Rule was adopted by many southern states and ensured people of mixed-race ancestry were categorized as Black so they could be enslaved.
Drop
System of labor whereby enslaved people often worked individually and would usually have quotas to fill.
Task System
The ______ Compromise at the Constitutional Convention stipulated how enslaved Africans would be counted for in congressional representation.
3/5
What does "AAVE" stand for?
African American Vernacular English
Identify three conditions enslaved Africans faced on the Middle Passage that led to high mortality rates.
Overcrowdedness, diseases, poor sanitation, treatment from the crew, unclean drinking water, etc.
Identify the two legal arguments that Elizabeth Key made to secure her freedom before a Virginia court in the mid-17th century.
Identify three possible jobs or tasks that an enslaved person doing domestic labor could be doing.
Cooking, cleaning, valet, maid, nanny, butler, waiter, etc.
Elizabeth ___________ successfully sued for her freedom in Massachusetts after the American Revolution. She was inspired by a reading she heard of the Declaration of Independence.
Freeman
Griot traditions from West Africa became useful for African Americans in order to pass down information since many in southern colonies/states were not allowed to...
learn how to read or write
This 18th-century European trade system connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas, exchanging goods for enslaved people and raw materials.
Triangular Trade
Sometimes called anti-miscegenation or endogamy laws, they criminalized relationships between who?
White and Black people
The earliest examples of Africans who arrived in the Americas, they were often explorers, servants, or conquistadores for Spain. (Juan Garrido was one).
Ladinos
Explain why some African Americans fought for the British in the American Revolution.
Great Britain promised freedom to fugitive slaves who fought in their army.
This Louisiana spiritual tradition combined Catholic saints with African spirits, showing cultural adaptation and resistance.