Vocabulary
THESE are laws that defined the status of the enslaved and the rights of enslavers
What are... slave codes?
THIS rebellion occurred in 1676 in Virginia and led to colonies switching from indentured servitude to chattel slavery.
What is...Bacon's Rebellion?
The first African slaves arrived in Virginia in what year?
What is... 1619?
Enslaved Africans used THIS FORM OF COMMUNICATION AND RECORD KEEPING to preserve their heritage.
What is...storytelling?
THIS ethnic group is considered the first inhabitants of North America.
Who are...Native Americans
THIS is the term for interracial relationships that emerged in colonial America.
What is...miscegenation?
Enslaved people often used ____ to communicate plans and routes to freedom.
What is... music/songs?
_____ was the primary crop cultivated by early settlers in the Chesapeake region.
What is...tobacco?
African American culture in the colonial period blended _____ with European influences.
What are... African Traditions?
THIS group of believers began converting Africans and African Americans to Christianity in the early 17th century and acknowledged their spiritual equality before God.
Who are...the Puritans?
THIS term refers to the status of enslaved people as property.
What is...chattel slavery?
The Spanish in Florida offered freedom to enslaved Africans who escaped from _______ colonies, but did not free the enslaved currently living in the area.
What are... British colonies?
The Trans-Atlantic slave trade forcibly brought millions of Africans to _____.
What are... the Americas and the Carribean?
THIS term refers to the coastal plains of Carolina and Georgia which forcibly imported a total of 94,000 Africans between 1706 and 1776.
What is... low country?
THIS supreme court case ruled that enslaved individuals could not sue for their freedom, which reinforced the institution of slavery.
What is.. Dred Scott v. Sanford?
THIS term refers to the specific dialect spoken by many African Americans.
What is... Black English (AAVE)?
______ were communities formed by escaped enslaved people who created their own societies.
What are... maroon communities?
Many enslaved people worked on plantations, but others worked as _____.
What are... artisans?
African American culture maintained a connection to ______ and passed down practices from one generation to the next.
What are.. West African traditions?
Colonial assemblies banned ___ mainly to keep white women from having mulatto children because they feared that mixed-race people would sue for freedom.
What is...interracial marriage?
THIS term refers to a set of beliefs that encouraged the enslaved to find a significant other who lived on a different plantation.
What are...incest taboos?
The _______ occurred in September 1739 in Charleston, South Carolina and led to arrest and hanging of 150 enslaved people.
What is... The Stono Rebellion?
THESE factors contributed to the shift from indentured servitude to racial slavery.
What are... economic need for labor, low numbers of indentured servants, and increased profit from plantations?
The Great Awakening created a sense of ____ and _____________ among enslaved people.
What is... community and spiritual empowerment?
Miscegenation laws shaped American family structure by ___
What is...enforcing racial boundaries?