Resistance and Rebellions

What is the significance of the monument to Denmark Vesey in Hampton Park, Charleston, South Carolina?

What did enslaved African Americans have little control over in their daily lives?

What is the term used to describe the act of survival under oppression by enslaved African Americans?

Why was the decision to refuse the names given by enslavers important for enslaved people?

Enslaved African Americans expressed pain and frustration through: A) Dance B) Spirituals C) Silence D) Writing.

• Dance

• Spirituals

• Silence

• Writing

What did enslaved African Americans express through song, dance, and rituals?

What was one reason enslaved people risked punishment?

• To escape

• To refuse work

• To break tools

• To sing songs.

In what year did a group of African Americans withdraw from St. George’s Methodist Episcopal Church?

The theft of small items was considered a form of ______.

• Rebellion

• Escape

• Celebration

• Punishment

What role did religion play for enslaved African Americans?