Homework #8: Slave Society (9/12/2016)
- Outline pages 97-104 of By the People in your homework notebook.
- As part of your outline, be sure to define and learn the following key terms.
Middle Passage
Olaudah Equiano
Francisco Menendez
Stono Rebellion
3. Answer the following questions in 1-2 paragraphs each. You will turn these in on a separate sheet of paper:
a. The textbook cites Ira Berlin, who said "a society with slaves gave way to a slave society." What does this mean? What specific changes were made in creating a "slave society"?
b. Describe the experience of being taken into slavery in West Africa and transported to the Americas.
c. In what different ways did Africans resist slavery?