Vocabulary
Free and enslaved Africans familiar with Iberian culture; some of the first Africans in the Americas
Who are the Ladinos?
The primary system of slavery in the United States where people are treated like property to be bought, sold, and owned.
What is Chattel Slavery
Foundational texts to early American writing to demonstrate Black humanity and advocate for the inclusion of people of African descent in American society.
What are Slave Naratives
Defined racial categories and tied them to rights and status in order to perpetuate slavery over generations.
What is Partus sequitur ventrem?
A white-led organization that drove earlier attempts to colonize parts of Africa in order to remove free Black people from the United States.
What is the American Colonization Society?