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What role did churches play in cultural preservation?
Churches served as places for celebrating traditions, mourning losses, and maintaining community among enslaved people.
How did religious beliefs fuel resistance?
Religious beliefs often provided a moral and spiritual justification for resisting slavery, as seen in Nat Turner's Rebellion.
What was the influence of African culture?
African culture influenced forms of resistance and community building among enslaved people.
How did music play a role in resistance?
Music provided a means of expressing sorrow, hope, and resistance, and helped maintain cultural identity.
How did storytelling play a role in resistance?
Storytelling preserved cultural traditions and provided a way to pass down knowledge and inspire resistance.
What was the cultural significance of escape?
Escape represented a powerful act of cultural and personal liberation, rejecting the dehumanizing aspects of slavery.
How did the enslaved use language as resistance?
Enslaved people developed their own forms of communication, including coded language and spirituals, to maintain privacy and resist control.
How did family structures contribute to cultural resistance?
Strong family bonds provided emotional support, cultural continuity, and a foundation for resisting the dehumanizing effects of slavery.
What was the role of spirituals?
Spirituals were a form of religious folk song that often contained coded messages about escape and resistance.
How did foodways contribute to cultural resistance?
Enslaved people maintained traditional African foodways, using food as a means of cultural expression and resistance against the imposed diets of slaveholders.
What was the German Coast Uprising?
A large-scale revolt in 1811 led by Charles Deslondes, where up to 500 enslaved people marched toward New Orleans, but was violently suppressed.
What was the Creole Mutiny?
A mutiny in 1841 led by Madison Washington on the slave ship Creole, resulting in the enslaved people sailing to the Bahamas and gaining freedom.
What was Nat Turner's Rebellion?
An 1831 revolt led by Nat Turner, who believed he was divinely chosen to lead enslaved people to freedom, resulting in violence and suppression.
What was Denmark Vesey's planned rebellion?
A planned but unrealized revolt in 1822 led by Denmark Vesey in Charleston, SC, aiming to liberate enslaved people and sail to Haiti.
What happened in Santo Domingo, 1526?
Enslaved Africans revolted against Spanish explorers and escaped to Indigenous communities.
What was the Haitian Revolution?
A successful revolt by enslaved Africans and formerly enslaved people in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) that lasted from 1791 to 1804.
What was the context of Jefferson's Letter to Rufus King?
Jefferson's letter reveals anxieties of slaveholders about resistance and attempts to control enslaved populations, including concerns about increased unrest and a proposal for transporting rebellious enslaved people.
What did Virginia seek in 1802?
Virginia sought a place to send enslaved people guilty of rebellion, considering Africa as a destination.
What was the significance of Sierra Leone?
Jefferson suggested working with the existing British colony in Sierra Leone as a destination for transported enslaved people.
What was the 'Address to the Slaves of the United States'?
A speech given by Henry Highland Garnet in 1843, calling for active resistance to slavery.
Who was Charles Deslondes?
The leader of the German Coast Uprising in 1811.
Who was Madison Washington?
The leader of the Creole Mutiny in 1841.
Who was Nat Turner?
The leader of Nat Turner's Rebellion in 1831, who believed he was divinely chosen.
Who was Denmark Vesey?
The planner of a large-scale rebellion in 1822 that was ultimately unrealized.
Who was Maria W. Stewart?
The first African American woman to give public speeches against slavery.
Who was Henry Highland Garnet?
An abolitionist who called for active resistance in his 'Address to the Slaves of the United States'.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
The author of the letter to Rufus King, revealing anxieties of slaveholders about resistance.
Who was Rufus King?
Recipient of a letter from Thomas Jefferson discussing concerns about enslaved people's resistance.
What was the role of African soldiers in revolts?
Former African soldiers brought military skills and leadership crucial for organizing and executing revolts.
What was the role of abolitionists?
Inspired by the resilience of enslaved people, they strengthened their resolve to fight against slavery.