Study Guide 2 Flashcards
(41 cards)
- Triangular “Trade”
Europe, Americas, and West Africa
- Maafa, Dr. Marimba Ani
Great Disaster Dr. Marimba Ani coined in 1994
- Middle Passage
The Middle Passage was the stage of the Atlantic slave trade in which millions of enslaved Africans were transported to the Americas as part of the triangular slave trade. (Between 1700 and 1808) travel time: 3 weeks – 3 months
- Percentages of Africans, Americas
West and west central 90% of African Americans
- Tight packing
more death, more people
- Flux
A disease that was caused by eating horribly
- Seasoning
Conditioning process to make Africans into slaves.
- Infanticide
the mother or father kills their child to avoid the torture of that child’s life
- Guinea Coast/Slave Coast
90 % of Africans came from
- Elmina/ The mine
one of the largest holding cells for capturing Africans in Ghana built in 1482.
- Goree Island/ the house of slaves
its Door of No Return is a museum and memorial to the Atlantic slave trade on Gorée Island
- Chattel
one person has total ownership of another
- Dyasthesia Aethiopica (Samuel Cartwright)
break tools and rebellious (not real)
- Drapetomania (Samuel Cartwright)
was a supposed mental illness that caused runaway slaves (not real)
- Maroons (Cimarron)
Runaway slaves that lived independently from the plantation
- Kilombo
Was the name for the community of maroons
- Palmares 1600-1700
was a community of maroons in Brazil in a Paul tree forest and lasted for 100 years
- Zumbi
Was the first leader of the maroons in Palmares
- Stono Rebellion 1739
The Stono Rebellion was a slave revolt that began on 9 September 1739, in the colony of South Carolina. It was the largest slave rebellion in the Southern Colonies. Used drums to communicate with other slaves. 20 whites were killed. This causes the Nigro act of 1740 to ban slaves from playing the drums. Lead to string music.
- Jemmy
He was the leader of the Stone Rebellion.
- Haitian Revolution 1791-1804
Gained full independence. The Haitian Revolution was the most successful rebellion by self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the sovereign state of Haiti. The revolt began on 22 August 1791 and ended in 1804 with the former colony’s independence.
Jean
first king after the Haitian Revolution.
Toussaint L’Ouverture
- was the best-known leader of the Haitian Revolution. He had a love for the French and want them to be a part of the console which caused his death.
Boukman
was a priest who started or gave a spark to the Haitian revolution by giving a speech in Bois Caiman.