Unit 1: The African Diaspora
The initial migration that spread languages and cultures across Africa, the foundation for the diverse African city-states we see today
The Bantu Migration
Writer and orator, formerly enslaved person who wrote about Haiti and the success of the Revolution
Fredrick Douglass
1857 Supreme Court decision that declared African Americans were not U.S. citizens
Dred Scott Case
What are Black Codes and what Era were they established
Laws passed by Southern states after the Civil War to limit the freedom and rights of African Americans// Jim Crow
“Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, /Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us" The Black National anthem's purpose is to inspire...
faith, hope and resilience
What was the political and social significance of the Great Walls of Zimbabwe
Protection: provided defensive structure to the city/state. Also allowed space for prayer and worship of African Deities
The South Caroline Slave Code of 1740 was in response to what rebellion?
The Stono Rebellion
These indigenous Americans still owned slaves after the 13th Amendment
These indigenous Americans assisted enslaved people in their escape toward Fort Mose and Mexico
The 5 Tribes. Seminoles.
Woman who argued against and revealed the brutalities of lynching in the south
Ida B Wells.
The Talented Tenth was coined by who and what does it represent
A small group of educated African Americans who would lead the movement of racial uplift and economic status
Africa has this many climate zones.
5: Desert, Sahel, Mediterranean, Rainforests and Grasslands
Slave system where enslaved people were under constant surveillance and worked continuously
Gang System
Emigrationist who pushed and advocated for AA's to return to Africa/advocated for enslaved people to attack their oppressors
Henry Garnet
What is Convict Leasing and what was it a loophole for?
System that criminalized and re-enslaved Black labor through imprisonment and forced work. Loophole for the 13th Amendment
founded the ASALH and Negro History Week (1926) to counter the erasure of Black contributions in education.
Carter Woodson
True or False: Africa has a history that is largely undocumented and unknowable before the 20th century.
False, Africa's history is largely documented, with figures such as the Great Walls of Zimbabwe and the Aksumite Coin of Ghana being significant historical figures
What is Partus Sequitur Ventrem
The legal and social ruling that the role of enslavement is passed down by the mother, thus making enslavement generational
Fredrick Douglass critiqued this form of escape as it was garnering too much attention from white and black people alike
When was the Red Summer and what was the events?
Racial violence by white mobs during the Nadir period, specifically (1919)
the largest mass movement in African American history, focusing on Black pride and economic independency
UNIA
The primary goal of African American Studies as reflected in the 1975 Black Studies National Conference program
To analyze the history, culture, and contributions of people of African descent.
Define Maroons and state the location of Fort Mose, founded by Maroons
Settlements of escaped enslaved people, often in remote areas, that developed free Black societies. Fort Mose is located in St. Augustine FL.
Describe the German Coast uprising
was the largest slave revolt in U.S. history, led by Charles Deslondes,
Supreme Court ruling that upheld “separate but equal,” legitimizing racial segregation (1896)