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The Age of Slavery
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1800-1860
Who was Mombette? What was significant about her life?
Who was Richard Allen and what was the significance of his life? (6:47)
What was the significance of The African Methodist Episcopal Church? Who were historical figures that
attended his church?
Why did the movement of freeing slaves not spread throughout the South?
Who was Eli Whitney? And how did he change the view of slavery?
What was the second middle passage and how was just as devastating as the first? (17:00)
How did Slaves express themselves when their families were torn apart?
What was the Brown Fellowship Society? What was complex about their situation?
Many Rivers to Cross
The Age of Slavery
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What was significant about Naches Mississippi?
Starting with 300,000 Slaves what was the population of slaves by the start of the Civil War?
Who was Nat Turner?
In the British Empire what happened in 1838? Why was this significant in the U.S.?
How did the Southerners, who wanted to keep slavery, respond?
Even though the Northern states did not have slavery, how were African Americans treated?
Who was Fredrick Douglas?
Many Rivers to Cross
The Age of Slavery
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What was the Underground Railroad? What is different than we are typically told about the
Underground Railroad?
What is a watershed moment? And how was this related to the Fugitive Slave Act?
Why did slaves flee to Canada?
Who was Harriet Tubman?
Who was Margret Garner What was her story?