African Americans in the North 1800-1848
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Objective
I can analyze the key continuities and changes in the lives of African Americans living in the North between 1800 and 1848.
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Key concepts
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Enslaved people maintained their culture by using their African names, keeping alive their West African and Caribbean languages, and telling folk tales.
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Enslaved people resisted dehumanization through subtle ways and outright rebellions, which were among the greatest fears of the slave holding elite.
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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.
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Practice
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Between 1800 and 1848, what was one significant way enslaved African Americans maintained their cultural identity?
Describe how enslaved African Americans blended African and American traditions in their religious practices.
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Exit ticket
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“Describe one way in which the lives of African Americans in the North changed between 1800 and 1848, and one way in which their lives remained the same.”
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