HIST 12 FINAL STUDY GUIDE

Maroonage

Enslaved people escaping from plantations and forming independent, self-sustaining communities.

Petit Maroonage

Temporary escape from plantations, often for short periods, with individuals returning or being recaptured.

Grand Maroonage

Permanent escape, leading to the establishment of independent communities in remote areas.

Queen Nanny

Leader of the Maroons in Jamaica who fought the British in the 18th century and secured semi-autonomous status through treaties.

Cimmarrones

Maroon communities in Cuba that resisted Spanish rule.

Zumbi dos Palmares

Leader of Maroon communities in Brazil who resisted Portuguese forces.

Capoeira

A Brazilian martial art developed by enslaved Africans as a means of self-defense and resistance.

Rastafarianism

A religious socio-cultural movement combining African culture, the Caribbean experience, and Judeo-Christian thought into a new worldview.

Marcus Garvey

A major influence on Rastafarianism who promoted Black pride, Pan-Africanism, and the Back-to-Africa movement.

Indigo

A plant used to produce a blue dye, significant in West African societies and introduced to slave plantations in the Caribbean.

Black Rice thesis

Argues that Upper Guineans, with rice-growing skills, significantly influenced rice cultivation in the Americas.

Hawthorne's Brown Rice thesis

Challenges the Black Rice thesis by arguing that Asian rice was more commonly cultivated in the Americas than African rice.

Signares

Women of mixed African and European ancestry who gained influence through marriage and trading.

Fenda Lawrence

An immigrant African woman who represented the intersection of gender and race in colonial trade networks.

Generational trauma

The lasting effects of slavery on descendants, as reflected in narratives exploring African heritage and cultural survival.

William Lloyd Garrison

An abolitionist who argued that slavery is a sin and advocated for its immediate end.