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What are some ways in which slavery still impacts the US in 2024?
Racist stereotypes, the modern prison system is modeled on slavery, Black Americans receive worse medical care, Redlining neighborhoods promotes segregation,etc
True or False: all enslaved people worked only in the field or in the home
False, enslaved people worked in many different jobs
What are slave codes? Give one example of one
Laws limiting the rights of enslaved people. Ex: no reading or writing
What is the impact of slavery on medicine?
Many procedures were created by experimenting on Black Americans, Black Americans still don't receive high quality medical care, racist stereotypes exist
What are some things that happened at Auctions?
Families split apart, children sold, etc.
Describe the economy of the south before the war
Agriculture based, slavery based, rural, mostly poor whites with some rich plantation owners
Name at least 4 ways enslaved Americans resisted
Burning things down, slowing down work, pretending to be sick or disabled, running away, breaking tools, breaking fences, self harm, keeping hope
Who really freed enslaved people?
Themselves through running away, staying hopeful, fighting to end slavery, helping the Underground Railroad, etc.
Who freed enslaved people legally?
Abraham Lincoln (in the Southern states only)
Why did Black Americans make good spies or Underground Railroad members?
Racist White people thought Black people were too dumb/weak/lazy to be good spies or rebel
What is the tragic irony of the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney was trying to end slavery but made it 10x worse
Around how many people were enslaved in the south?
Between 3-4 million
What does it mean when we say "When you know better, do better?"
When you learn that when what you think or do is wrong, change your behavior
People will say the war was fought over "States Rights". States rights to what?
Slavery
What is the main cause of the Civil War?
Slavery
On the Underground Railroad: What is a station or stationmaster?
A safe house and the person who runs the safe house
