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| who were the first africans to come to america? |
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| the first Africans who came to America recorded in America were some crew members on christopear columbous’ ship 1492 |
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| what was the first state to legalize slavery? |
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| the first state that legalized slavery was Massachusetts |
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| Who were the first slaves who came to america? |
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| the first slaves that were brought to America were indentured servants in 1619; 20 indentured servants were brought to jamestown |
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| Why did they choose african slaves over native american slaves? |
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| the reason they chose African slaves over native American slaves was because the native American knew the land, they had similar languages, they were more united, and the native Americans would be more likely to rebel because they out numbered the Europeans; African slavery already existed in Europe so it wouldn’t be a hard transition |
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| What was the differences between European and African slavery? |
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| the differences between European and African slavery was that there was a racial superiority aspect and Europeans had harsher conditions than those in Africa because in Africa is was more like a servant and they were kind of adopted into their new African family |
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| Why did they draw the color line? |
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| the racial line was drawn because they didn’t want the poor white people and the black people to band together and fig ht against the tyranny of the rich white folk. Eg: bacons rebellion 1676 |
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| about how many african people were enslaved? |
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| 10 million to 15 million people were enslaved, but it was closer 50 million stolen from their homes (usually in west Africa) because there was a huge fatality rate during 1650-1680 |
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| Barracoons were cages they held the slaves in before selling them and before putting them on the boat |
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| The voyage from Africa to America could last up to 90 days |
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| What kind of resistance did slaves take part in? |
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| The resistance that the slaves acted on were: killing themselves, working slow, breaking tools, learning, killing babies, armed revolt |
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| What was the most famous slave insurrection? |
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| The most famous slave insurrection was La Amistad (slaves took the boat over around cuba and it was recaptured around long island but it was already illegal to sell slaves so they had a trial and so they were sent back to America because it shouldn’t have happened in the first place) 1840 |
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| What portion of the population did the slaves make up across the U.S.? |
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| Slaves made up 10-20% of the population in the U.S. |
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| what was a skilled artisan worth? |
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| A skilled artisan slave was worth $1,800-$3,000 |
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| what was a house slave worth? |
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| A house slave was worth $1,200 |
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| what were the owners required to give their slaves? |
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| Owners were required to give their slaves a single pair of clothes, a coat and shoes and anything else was extra |
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| how big was the slave cabins? |
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| The slave cabins were typically 14’-14’ |
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| 1723- killing your slave during punishment is no longer illegal in Virginia (Stephanie has been there) |
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| slaves were not allowed to... |
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| Slaves were not allowed to… gather in groups of more than 3 people, could not go out after dark, could not leave the plantation without permission, couldn’t own a weapon, could not learn to read and write |
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| Name underground railroad terminology |
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| The Underground Railroad terminology: conductors (3 major ones were Tubman, William still, levy coffin), |
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| who was Daniel Prosser and Nat turner? |
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| Daniel Prosser and Nat turner led the largest/ most famous slave rebellions |
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| Name Plantation hierarchy.. |
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| Plantation hierarchy: master/ masters family; heir/ overseer; driver; house slaves; field slaves |
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| 13th amendment is abolishing slavery |
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| 14th amendment is equal protection under the law to blacks |
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| 15th amendment is the right to vote to black men |
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| Reconstruction lasted from 1865-1877; southern backlash was grandfather clause, poll taxes, literacy tests, black codes; response to the backlash was the freedmans bureau, and military reconstruction |
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| The great literacy crusade |
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| The great literacy crusade; in 1865 7% of black people could read and in 1910 70% of bblack people could read disproving the stereotype that back people didn’t want to learn |
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| Dubois vs. Washington; dubois was more radical, Washington wanted to take baby steps, dubois wanted education and equality for all while Washington wanted this he accepted segregation (following with Plessey vs. Ferguson making segregation legal until brown vs. the board of education which desegregated schools in 1954), Washington just wanted black people to gain economic success and he didn’t want to push it with the white folk while dubois wanted everyone to be college educated; history behind the philosophies: Washington was born a slave but dubois never experienced slavery; Dubois was a founder of the NAACP |
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| Segregation laws: black barbers could not serve white women or girls, hospitals could not force a white nurse to serve a person of color, restaurants that serve white and black people had to have a 10 foot wall separating them, no interracial marriage |
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| The term Jim crow was coined by Thomas daddy rice |
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Mammy (loves her white family, desexualized)
Tom (like uncle tom, not threatening to white people, kind old man, mentally dependent on white people wants the approval of white people)
Coon (chicken and watermelon stereotypes, lazy and easily frightened)
Pickeniny (child coon, big lips and eyes, messy hair, watermelon)
Jezebel (over sexualized black woman)
The Brute (Black man who is like an angry animal) |
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Between 1882- 1968
4700 lynchings recorded (possibly more) |
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| Originally called American hunger, shows that it has to do more with race because that never changes where as age and hunger can be improved and changing |
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| Reactionary, self defeating, conformist, transformative (external and internal) |
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- Lasted from 1919-1929
- Immigration from south to north after WWI, moved into Harlem because of the over development and it gave the black community an opertunity to move out of their township styled ghettos which kept them in inferior
- This helped with the education of the black community allowing them to become artists, doctors etc. even though there were the different types of labor workers as well. The main point is that despite the class difference they all found a place within this system |
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| Important People of the Harlem Renaissance |
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Alin Locke
- psychologist that advocated for more black communities to expand like Harlem and encouraged the black people of Harlem to feel black pride and more confident when going into the world (new negro) etc.
Langston Hughes
- Writer
Rockefeller and Harman were involved in Harlem because they sponsored the black artists
Luis Armstrong, Duke Ellington etc.
Jacob Lawrence did art of black life including John Brown |
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