AP African American Studies Unit 2 [2.14-2.28]

2023-2024

St. Augustine

The oldest continuously occupied settlement of African American and European origin in the U.S.

Why is St. Augustine significant?

Beginning in the 17th century, enslaved refugees escaping Georgia and the Carolinas fled to ____, seeking asylum in Spanish Florida.

What were the conditions for enslaved people in St. Augustine?

Offered freedom to enslaved people who converted to Catholicism.

When was St. Augustine founded?

1565

Why was Fort Mose significant?

First sanctioned free Black Town in the U.S.

How was Fort Mose founded?

in 1738, the governor of Spanish Florida established a fortified settlement under the leadership of Francisco Menendez.

Who was Francisco Menendez?

An enslaved Senegambian who fought against the English in the Yamasee War and found refuge in St. Augustine.

What inspired the Stono Rebellion?

The emancipation from slavery offered by Spanish Florida to slaves fleeing the British colonies.

What was the Stono Rebellion

A rebellion in South Carolina led by Jemmy, an enslaved man from the Angola region, where nearly 100 enslaved African Americans set fire to plantations and marched toward sanctuary in Spanish Florida.

When was the Stono Rebellion?

1739

Significance of the Stono Rebellion:

Afterwards in 1740, the British province of South Carolina passed a restrictive slave code that prohibited African Americans from organizing, drumming, learning to read, or moving abroad, including to other colonial territories. A month later British colonial forces invaded Florida seizing and destroying Fort Mose.

Full name of the Florida town established in 1738

Gracia Real De Santa Teresa de Mose

Significance of the names of African-born leaders like Francisco Menendez and Jemmy?

Reflect acquired names as enslaved people in Spanish and British colonies

Many enslaved people participating in the Stono Rebellion were from:

Kingdom of Kongo (present-day Angola), and they were Portuguese speaks with familiar with Catholicism (ties back to unit 1)

What is the letter from the governor of Florida to his majesty?

Lieutenant Governor William Bull sent a letter to Britain’s Board of Trade regarding the Stono rebellion in October 1739. It provides a narrative of the events and details how the rebels were dealt with (killed and executed). Encourages American Indians to bring in runaways for a reward.

Why was the Haitian Revolution significant?

The only uprising of enslaved people that resulted in overturning a colonial, slaveholding government.

What di the Haitian Revolution change?

Transformed a European colony (Saint-Domingue into a Black republic free of slavery (Haiti) and created the second independent nation in the Americas after the U.S.

When was the Haitian revolution?

1791-1804