Historical Concept of Black History Quiz StudyGuide

cash crop agriculture

Farming, raising crops to sell for money

example of cash crop agriculture

indigo, tobacco, cotton, rice

atlantic slave trade

the process of moving Africans to America

middle passage

The process of bringing Africans from Africa to the Caribbeans

private manumission

when a slave owner secretly sets their slaves free, and when a private slave owner puts in their will that they want their slaves free when they die

self emancipated

An enslaved person setting themselves free by running away or buying their freedom

michael johnson AKA Crispus Attic (his enslaved name)

He was the first one killed at the Boston Massacre

Benjamin Banneker

A self-taught almanac writer, helped to survey the construction site of the US capital

phillis wheatly

kidnapped from West Africa and enslaved by a wealthy Bostonian family, was the first published African American poet in US history

james forten

African American who fought during the Revolutionary War

3 periods of Black American Slavery

Slavery, Segregation, and Post-segregation.

slavery duration

1619-1865 (246 years)

segregation duration

1865-1954 (89 years)

post segregation duration

1954-now!!!

What is the significance of the year 1619 in American History?

It was the first arrival of the first Slaves in the English Colony. It established slavery in what would become the United States.

manumission

act of slave owner setting slaves free

emancipation

governmental act of setting slaves free

enslaved

sabotage, feigning illness, working slowly, self emancipation, rebellion