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What was the German Coast Uprising?
A large-scale revolt in 1811 led by Charles Deslondes, where up to 500 enslaved people marched toward New Orleans, but was violently suppressed.
What was the Creole Mutiny?
A mutiny in 1841 led by Madison Washington on the slave ship Creole, resulting in the enslaved people sailing to the Bahamas and gaining freedom.
What was Nat Turner's Rebellion?
An 1831 revolt led by Nat Turner, who believed he was divinely chosen to lead enslaved people to freedom, resulting in violence and suppression.
What was Denmark Vesey's planned rebellion?
A planned but unrealized revolt in 1822 led by Denmark Vesey in Charleston, SC, aiming to liberate enslaved people and sail to Haiti.
What happened in Santo Domingo, 1526?
Enslaved Africans revolted against Spanish explorers and escaped to Indigenous communities.
What was the Haitian Revolution?
A successful revolt by enslaved Africans and formerly enslaved people in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) that lasted from 1791 to 1804.
What was the context of Jefferson's Letter to Rufus King?
Jefferson's letter reveals anxieties of slaveholders about resistance and attempts to control enslaved populations, including concerns about increased unrest and a proposal for transporting rebellious enslaved people.
What did Virginia seek in 1802?
Virginia sought a place to send enslaved people guilty of rebellion, considering Africa as a destination.
What was the significance of Sierra Leone?
Jefferson suggested working with the existing British colony in Sierra Leone as a destination for transported enslaved people.
What was the 'Address to the Slaves of the United States'?
A speech given by Henry Highland Garnet in 1843, calling for active resistance to slavery.
What was Virginia's concern regarding emancipation?
Virginia was worried about emancipations without emigration, and sought a place to send emancipated enslaved people.
What was the US foreign policy regarding Great Britain?
The US wished to cultivate peace and friendship with all nations, especially Great Britain.
What was the transportation proposal?
Virginia sought a place to send enslaved people guilty of rebellion, considering Africa as a destination.
What was the Sierra Leone colony?
Jefferson suggests working with the existing British colony in Sierra Leone instead of creating a new one.
Define daily resistance.
Everyday acts of defiance by enslaved people, like slowdowns, sabotage, theft, and escape, to challenge their oppression.
What is 'reclamation' in this context?
Taking food or resources by enslaved people as a form of resistance and asserting their right to sustenance.
Define 'abolitionist'.
A person who advocated for the end of slavery and worked to achieve the freedom of enslaved people.
What is a mutiny?
An open rebellion against constituted authority, especially by sailors or soldiers against their officers.
Define 'insurgency'.
An active revolt or uprising.
What is meant by 'emancipation'?
The process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation.
Define 'agency' in enslaved people.
The capacity of enslaved people to act independently and make their own free choices, despite the oppressive conditions.
What is a 'primary source'?
A document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study.
What is 'sabotage'?
Deliberately destroying, damaging, or obstructing something, especially for political or military advantage.
Define 'transatlantic slave trade'.
The brutal system of trading enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas.