Fighting Back Against Slavery (pg. 186-187)

An uprising is also known as what?

• agreement

• rebellion

• destruction

• rise

True or False?

Slavery was not a brutal system.

• True

• False

Since enslaved Africans almost had no rights, what did they do?

• They obeyed whatever the slaveholders told them to do

• They created their own rights

• They didn't do anything

• They found ways to fight back

What were some things enslaved Africans had to deal with? (check all that apply)

• they could be beaten

• their family could be taken away

• they could be kept from learning to read

• they were encouraged to be with family and friends

How did enslaved Africans fight back?

• peacefully

• happily

• violently

• excitedly

When did the Stono Rebellion in South Carolina take place?

• 1739

• 1779

• 1973

• 1733

What happened in 1741?

• the rights of enslaved Africans were taken away

• the Stono Rebellion took place

• there was terrible violence in New York City

• there was terrible violence in South Carolina

How did enslaved Africans share information?

• they used songs

• they traveled through underground tunnels

• they didn't share information

• they created their own secret language

Look at the picture on page 187.

What type of instrument is it?

• guitar

• bass

• violin

• banjo

How did enslaved Africans try to resist slavery? (check all that apply)

• they fought back

• they didn't try to resist slavery

• they tried to escape

• they came up with a deal with slaveholders