Between 1800 and 1848, what was one significant way enslaved African Americans maintained their cultural identity?

Continuing to use African names among themselves

Describe how enslaved African Americans blended African and American traditions in their religious practices.

They incorporated African elements like drums and dancing into Christian worship, led by powerful black preachers.

It inspired fear among slaveholders and served as an example of successful slave rebellion.

They made it illegal to teach an enslaved person to read and write.

It led to increased violence and stricter control by slaveholders, including the killing of many enslaved people.

I can analyze the key continuities and changes in the lives of African Americans living in the North between 1800 and 1848.

1
Enslaved people maintained their culture by using their African names, keeping alive their West African and Caribbean languages, and telling folk tales.
2
Enslaved people resisted dehumanization through subtle ways and outright rebellions, which were among the greatest fears of the slave holding elite.
3
Nat Turner's Rebellion in 1831 led to the deaths of 57 white people and resulted in stricter measures of control over enslaved people, such as making it illegal to free a slave and to teach an enslaved person to read and write.