1. African American History
By Jacqueline Tsai, Andrea Wisniewski, Tonio Domino, Sam Hedin

2. Time Period:
Topics: Coded Spirituals by Andrea Wisniewski Capture of La Amistad by Jacqueline Tsai Independence of Haiti by Tonio Domino Nat Tuner’s Rebellion by Sam Hedin

3. Coded spirituals by Andrea Wisniewski
FAMOUS SPIRITUALS: Follow the Drinking Gourd Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Steal Away Can’t Hear Nobody Pray

4. Why Spirituals are important:
Spread a secret message
Inform other slaves about church
Tell a story
Praise God
Organize an escape

5. Follow the drinking gourd:
“When the Sun comes back And the first slave calls Follow the Drinking Gourd For an old man is a’ waiting’ for to carry you to freedom If you follow the Drinking Gourd
Winter Time
Peg Leg Joe
The Big Dipper

6. The River makes a very good road The dead trees will show you the way Left food, peg foot travelling on Follow the Drinking Gourd
The water will lose your scent
Peg Leg Joe marked dead tress on the route
The Big Dipper

7. The river ends between two hills Follow the Drinking Gourd There’s another river on the other side
Follow Tombigbee river
Big Dipper
Follow river after the Tombigbee river
The Big Dipper

8. When the Big River meets the little river Follow the Drinking Gourd The Old man is a’ waiting for to carry you to freedom If you follow the Drinking Gourd
Continue to follow the river
Follow the Big Dipper
Peg Leg Joe helps run away slaves
Big Dipper

9. Swing low, sweet chariot
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Comin’ for to carry you home
Underground railroad conductor
Bring slaves to Canada

10. I look over Jordan And WHAT did I see Comin’ for to carry me home A band of angels comin’ after me
Jordan is referring to Canada
Underground Railroad Conductors bringing them to Canada
Bring them to Canada

11. Other songs and Meanings
Steal Away Steal Away, Steal Away Steal Away to Jesus Steal Away, Steal Away home I ain’t got long to stay here
Running away

12. Can’t hear nobody pray
Couldn’t hear nobody pray Way down yonder by myself
An escape failed and they were going to meet to regroup. Mostly means somebody died

13. Independence of haiti

14. First Ruler of haiti
Jean-Jacques Dessalines was the first ruler of Haiti, and hated white people.

15. La Amistad

16. The Storm Their destination was Port-au-Prince
The estimated length of the trip was 2 ½ to 3 days
Storm made the trip much longer
On the third day the captain ordered to start rationing food

17. The Fourth Day
One of the Africans asked the cook what would happen to them on board. The cook replied that the Africans would be killed and eaten.

18. The Capture of La Amistad
Paranoid, one of the Africans, Sengbe Pieh, located a loose nail on deck
Picked his shackles and freed himself and others
Went to the cargo, and armed themselves with sugarcane knives
Killed the captain, cook, and all the white people except, Montez and Ruiz

19. Montez and Ruiz Sengbe Pieh spared their lives
In return they would sail the ship back to Africa
During the day, they sailed East (towards Africa)
At night, they sailed northwest (towards United States)

20. Victory Took over the ship
On August 26 the naval ship, the Washington, took captive of La Amistad because of suspicions on the tattered ship
Pieh was trialed for murder of the cook and captain
Won his trial

21. The End He eventually returned to Africa with missionaries
When he returned to his village, it was destroyed
He later suspected that they were sold into slavery
Clip of Sengbe’s family from La Amistad movie.