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Freedom, Enslavement, and Resistance

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  1. 01Origins of the African Diaspora11
  2. 02Freedom, Enslavement, and Resistance24
  3. 03The Practice of Freedom18
  4. 04Movements and Debates21
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24 lessons in this unit

  1. 2.1African Explorers in the AmericasOpen lesson
  2. 2.2Departure Zones in Africa and the Slave Trade to the United StatesOpen lesson
  3. 2.3Capture and the Impact of the Slave Trade on West African SocietiesOpen lesson
  4. 2.4African Resistance on Slave Ships and the Antislavery MovementOpen lesson
  5. 2.5Slave Auctions and the Domestic Slave TradeOpen lesson
  6. 2.6Labor, Culture, and EconomyOpen lesson
  7. 2.7Slavery and American Law: Slave Codes and Landmark CasesOpen lesson
  8. 2.8The Social Construction of Race and the Reproduction of StatusOpen lesson
  9. 2.9Creating African American CultureOpen lesson
  10. 2.10Black Pride, Identity, and the Question of NamingOpen lesson
  11. 2.11The Stono Rebellion and Fort MoseOpen lesson
  12. 2.12Legacies of the Haitian RevolutionOpen lesson
  13. 2.13Resistance and Revolts in the United StatesOpen lesson
  14. 2.14Black Organizing in the North: Freedom, Women’s Rights, and EducationOpen lesson
  15. 2.15Maroon Societies and Autonomous Black CommunitiesOpen lesson
  16. 2.16Diasporic Connections: Slavery and Freedom in BrazilOpen lesson
  17. 2.17African Americans in Indigenous TerritoryOpen lesson
  18. 2.18Debates About Emigration, Colonization, and Belonging in AmericaOpen lesson
  19. 2.19Black Political Thought: Radical ResistanceOpen lesson
  20. 2.20Race to the Promised Land: Abolitionism and the Underground RailroadOpen lesson
  21. 2.21Legacies of Resistance in African American Art and PhotographyOpen lesson
  22. 2.22Gender and Resistance in Slave NarrativesOpen lesson
  23. 2.23The Civil War and Black CommunitiesOpen lesson
  24. 2.24Freedom Days: Commemorating the Ongoing Struggle for FreedomOpen lesson

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