Slave Culture
What heritage did slave culture come from?
African Heritage
What was gang labor?
slaves worked in large group
What was the name for when an enslaved person ran away?
Fugitive slave
Who risked her life to help others in the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Who cared for the children?
Enslaved women
What was the "task system"?
slaves were assigned daily tasks and allowed to set their own pace of work
What was the organization called that helped enslaved people escape?
The Underground Railroad.
Who was the enslaved man who argued against slavery after escaping with the ability to read and write?
Fredrick Douglas
What were enslaved men tasks?
chopped wood, hunted, and fished
What kind of plantations were in South Carolina and Georgia?
Rice plantations
What was the most used form of slave resistance?
Plantation Sabotage
What was the name of the enslaved person who escaped by shipping crate?
Henry Brown
What religion did most slaves follow?
Christianity
What plantations were in Louisiana?
Sugar plantations
What rebellion sent a wave of fear through the south?
Nat turner's Rebellion
Who was the slave rebellion named after in the 1830’s?
Nat Turner
What was the slaves' marriage ceremony?
"jump over the broomstick"
What was the area called with the largest concentration of slaves?
The Cotton Belt
What was the name of the revolt that slaves tried to make a ship captain go back to Africa?
The Amistad
Who was the leader of the slave revolt of the Amistad?
Cinque