African-Americans at Mid Century

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African-Americans at Mid Century

• Chapter 19

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19.1 Introduction

• Of the _______ Million people living in the U.S
  __.__ Million were African Americans (___)

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19.2 North and South, Slave and Free

• Slaves Legal Status
• Slaves were _______________ not people and the
  ____________ could do what ever they
  _________________ with them
• Rural and Urban Slaves
• Most _____________ worked on __________ and
  ____________________
• Some were _____________ out and worked in
  _______________ and their ________ was given to
  their ________________.

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19.2 Continued

• Free Blacks in the South
• In the ______________ free blacks could not
  _______________ by themselves, carry ________ and
  work some ___________
• Free Blacks in the North
• In the ____________ even though free
  African-Americans were _________________ and
  ___________________ against.
• ___________ blacks in the North created the
  National _____________ of Colored ___________ to
  protest the _________________ that they received.

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19.3 The Economics of Slavery

• _______________ farming increased and so did
  _________________
• Slaves became more _____________ so farmers took
  _______________ care of them

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19.4 Working Conditions of Slaves

• Small ______________ owners worked
  ___________________ slaves
• ____________ farm owners __________ workers to
  ____________ and make slaves work _____________
• Slaves worked all ________ and all ___________
• Slaves worked from age _______ until they
  _____________

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Questions

1. What was the percentage of Africans Americans
   living in America during this time period?
2. Slaves owners were allowed to do anything that
   they wanted to do to their slaves because slaves
   were seen as what?
3. Most slaves worked on farms, but others were
   hired out to what types of jobs?
4. What were three stipulations that were placed on
   free blacks in the South?
5. What did free blacks in the North create to help
   with the discrimination and the segregation of
   African Americans in the U.S?
6. What was the main reason that slave owners in the
   South started to treat their slaves better than
   they did in the past?
7. What was the difference between small and large
   farms in the way that the owners worked with
   their slaves?
8. What was the age range that African American
   slaves worked in the South?

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19.5 Living Conditions of Slaves

• Slave _________________ only gave slaves enough
  to ______________
• __________ were given ____________ of food
  because they could not ________ without it
• Slave ______________ gave their slaves limited
  ______________ that were rough _______________
  sacks
• Slaves were given better _____________ help then
  most ___________ in the North and ________________

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19.6 Controlling Slaves

• Some slave masters __________ and ______________
  their ____________ and others treated them as
  grown up ____________
• They treated them as ______________ so slaves
  felt ______________ on their __________________
  for everything
• Edward ____________ was a slave ______________.
  He would _________ and break down slaves that
  were __________________

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19.7 Resistance to Slavery

• Day to Day Resistance
• Slaves rebelled by breaking ____________,
  ____________ and setting _________ to homes and
  _____________
• Slaves that ____________ would sometimes put
  ______________ in their owners ___________.
• Open Defiance
• Some slaves used ______________ as a reaction to
  _________________
• Fredrick ________________ almost killed
  _____________ when he ___________ Douglas for no
  ______________

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19.7 Continued

• Running Away
• Slaves tried to _____________ and _____________
  would send out slave _________________
• Most traveled at _____________ following the
  North ____________ to the North
• Some ____________ themselves to the North in
  ________________ and ________________
• Rebellion
• Nat _____________ a slave started a
  __________________ with other slaves
• In ___ days he and his followers _______________
  every white person that they could find with
  _________ and ___________ (_____ people were
  hacked to death)

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Questions

1. Slave owners only gave slaves enough to survive
   except for food, what was the reason that slaves
   received lots of food?
2. What was the one thing that slaves were given
   more of then free whites in the North and the
   South?
3. What were the two ways that slave owners treated
   their slaves in order for them to listen and do
   what they say?
4. Who was the man that was a famous slave breaker
   and what does a slave breaker do?
5. What were the three ways that slaves rebelled
   against their slave owners?
6. Slaves that worked in the kitchens of their
   owners sometimes did what to their owners food?
7. What happened between Fredrick Douglas and Covey
   and why did it happen?
8. Who was sent out by slave owners to find a slave
   that has ran away without permission?
9. What did run away slaves use to guide them to the
   North to escape slavery?
10. In a paragraph please explain who Nat Turner is
    and why he is important?

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19.8 Slave Families and Communities

• Slave _____________ were not ______________, so
  slaves did their own __________________
• Slave _________________ were often broke apart by
  being _____________
• Most _____________ were taught lessons by their
  parents about ____________ and ____________
• These ________________ helped them
  ___________________

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19.9 Leisure Time Activities

• ______________ did not have to work on Saturday
  ___________ and ____________
• They would get _______________ and have social
  ________________
• Slave ______________ got together and had
  __________________ bees
• Slaves also made ____________ together with
  _____________ that they could find that made
  ____________
• On ________________ slaves went to ______________
  and had _________ all day

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19.10 Slave Churches

• Slave _______________ encouraged their slaves to
  go to _______________
• Churches told slaves to _________ their
  ______________ and slaves did not like that
• Slaves had their own ____________ where they
  learned what they ______________
• Learned about _____________ and how he
  _______________ the slaves ____________
• ________________ gave slaves something to look
  _____________ to

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19.11 African American Culture

• Slaves combined their ________ ways and the new
  _________ to create a new _______________
• Slaves created ______________ and _____________
  to show their ___________
• _________________ let them ____________
  themselves
• _________________ were created to share stories
  of ____________ and ______________

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Questions

1. Slave families were not allowed on farms and
   plantations so what did slaves do in secret?
2. How were most slave families broken apart in the
   South?
3. What were the days that slaves had off from
   working on farms and plantations?
4. What would woman come together and create as a
   type of social event?
5. Slaves would search the farms and plantations for
   anything that made noise so they could all get
   together and do what?
6. What did slave owners encourage their slaves to
   do on Sundays and what did they learn there?
7. The importance of religion to slaves was that it
   gave them what?
8. How did African American slaves create their new
   culture?
9. What was the importance of quilts to African
   American slaves?
10. What were created in order to share stories of
    the past and the present?

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Slave Journal Entry

• Imagine you are a slave who helped create a story
  quilt.
• Write an entry in your journal that explains your
  quilt.
• Include
• A date and location ex. Nov. 4, 1853, Johnson
  Plantation, South Carolina
• An intro explaining how you created the quilt
  square.
• Explain what the symbols represent on your quilt
  square
• 2 statements to future generations that explain
  what you think is most important to remember
  about slavery.