Unit 3, Chapter 16

Question 1

Breakers

Answer 1

Slave drivers who employed the lash to brutally “break” the souls of strange-willed slaves

Question 2

Black belt

Answer 2

Region of the Deep South with the highest concentration of slaves
-emerged in the 19th century as cotton became more profitable and slavery expanded south and west

Question 3

Responsorial

Answer 3

Call and response style of preaching that melded Christian and African tradidtions

Question 4

Nat turner’s rebellion

Answer 4

(1831) Virginia slave revolt that resulted in the deaths of 60 whites and raised fears among white southerners of further uprisings

Question 5

Amistad

Answer 5

(1839) Spanish slave ship dramatically seized off the coast of Cuba by the enslaved Africans abroad
- ship was driven ashore in Long Island and the slaves were put on trial
- John Quincey Adams argued their case before th Supreme Court, securing their eventual release

Question 6

American colonization society

Answer 6

Reflecting the focus of early abolitionists on transporting free blacks back to Africa, the organization of Liberia

Question 7

Liberia

Answer 7

(Founded in 1822) a west African settlement intended as a haven for emancipated slaves

Question 8

The liberator

Answer 8

(1831-1865) antislavery newspaper published by William Lloyd garrison, who called for the immediate emancipation of all slaves

Question 9

American anti-slavery society

Answer 9

(1833-1870) abolitionist society founded by William Lloyd garrison, who advocated the immediate abolition of slavery

Question 10

William Lloyd garrison

Answer 10

Publisher of the liberator and founded the American anti-slavery society

Question 11

Appeal to colored citizens of the world

Answer 11

Incendiary abolitionist tract advocating violent over-throw of slavery
-published by Dave walker, a southern born free black

Question 12

Narrative of the life of Fredrick Douglas

Answer 12

(1845) vivid autobiography of the escaped slave and renowned abolitionist Fredrick Douglas

Question 13

Mason-Dixon Line

Answer 13

Originally drawn by surveyors to resolve the boundaries between Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Virginia in the 1760s
-it came to symbolize the north-south divide over slavery

Question 14

West African squadron

Answer 14

(Established 1808) British Royal Navy force

• formed to enforce the abolition of slave trade in 1807
• intercepted thousands of slave ships and freed thousands of Africans

Question 15

Gag resolution

Answer 15

Prohibited debate or action of anti-slavery appeals

• driven through the house of reps by proslavery southerners
• passed every year for eight years and was eventually overturned with the help of John Quincy Adams