History Quiz #2-rise of American sectionalism

Benevolent (def)

marked by kindness

exploitation (def)

selfish utilization

slave codes (def)

set of rules based on concept that enslaved people were property not people

subservient (def)

serving to promote some end

spirituals (def)

religious song, deeply emotional, developed among black people in the southern US

benevolent???

the “generosity” that slave owners had

exploitation

African American women had to deal with threat of sexual exploitation

slave codes

slaves had to live under laws of code, varied from state to state, said slaves were property + could be treated as such (slaves couldn’t testify in court against a white, leave plantation w/out premission, strike a white person, buy/sell goods w/ out a white person,posses anti slave lit, +visit homes of whites and free blacks, + read or write)

subservient???

the way slaves acted, they were often acting in a way of resistance

sprituals

religious songs slaves wrote with all of their beliefs