1. Life Under Slavery (9-3)
Family Life
Slave life was very uncertain – slaves could be sold at any time for any reason –relied on extended families
Why would an owner sell a slave?

2. African American Culture
Life Under Slavery (9-3)
African American Culture
Slaves blended their African culture with elements of American culture
What makes up culture?

3. 1808 – Congress banned the slave trade – but not slavery
Life Under Slavery (9-3)
1808 – Congress banned the slave trade – but not slavery
What’s the difference between slavery and the slave trade?
If the slave trade was banned, how did the number of slaves grow?

4. African American Christianity
Life Under Slavery (9-3)
African American Christianity
Christianity became a religion of hope & resistance for slaves
Ideas of hope and resistance were expressed in spirituals & folk songs

5. Slaves not permitted to assemble in groups or learn to read or write
Resisting Slavery (9-3)
Slave Codes
: Laws passed in the South to gain an even tighter control over the slaves
Slaves not permitted to assemble in groups or learn to read or write
Why?

6. Slave rebellions were rare
Resisting Slavery (9-3)
Rebellions
Slave rebellions were rare
Why?
1800 – Gabriel Prosser planned a rebellion to capture Richmond, VA and massacre whites

7. 1821 – Denmark Vesey was a former slave that was outraged by slavery
Resisting Slavery (9-3)
1821 – Denmark Vesey was a former slave that was outraged by slavery
The Bible and D of I inspired him to plan a slave revolt
Was betrayed by some of his followers at the last minute

8. 1831 – Nat Turner was a slave preacher that led a rebellion in VA
Resisting Slavery (9-3)
1831 – Nat Turner was a slave preacher that led a rebellion in VA
At least 55 whites were killed in the rebellion
Turner was hanged, but his rebellion led to even stricter slave codes

9. Resisting Slavery (9-3)
Resistance & Escape
To resist, slaves worked slowly, faked illness, broke tools, set fires, etc.

10. Resisting Slavery (9-3)
Harriet Tubman was an escaped slave and the most famous “conductor” of the Underground Railroad
What was the Underground Railroad?
Underground Railroad: a network of people that opposed slavery & helped escaped slaves

11. Most slaves that escaped were from the Upper South
Resisting Slavery (9-3)
Most slaves that escaped were from the Upper South
Why?
Runaways were not always safe in the North

12. Resisting Slavery (9-3)
Runaways could be returned to the South where they would face harsh punishments
Frederick Douglass - an escaped slave that became a leading abolitionist