African Americans in the Early Republic

in response to discrimination in white churches, what did African Americans do

formed black churches, some of these churches joined together to form the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Denied membership in unions, African Americans were hired as what

strike breakers

why did some free African Americans remain in the south

1. they wanted to be near family who were in bondage

2. they saw the south as their home and didn’t think there’d be any more opportunity in the North (still weren’t allowed to vote and didn’t have basic liberties in the north or south)

What were some ways slaves resisted

1. running away

2. work slowdowns

3. sabotaging crops

4. revolting

Nat Turner

led a slave revolt in southampton County, Virginia. Over 50 white men, women and children were killed. A white militia quickly responded and killed not only Nat Turner and his followers, but also many innocent african americans

Denmark Vesey

A free African American who forged a plan with his congregants of a large African Methodist Church (congregants were largely enslaved) to seize the ships at the harbor of Charleston and sail away to freedom, possibly Haiti.

efforts were ended by informers and Vesey and his congregants were hanged