Africanisms in Black Culture
Listed below is the essay question that needs to be answered, the link for the F & H power points and attached is the study guide with the words that need to be used with the definition, enslavement PPT and the midterm exam document. Instructions and number of pages (only 2) are listed in the midterm exam document. I really need for the instructions to be followed to the letter and use only the resource provided.
Use ALL of the following 20 words/concepts to discuss, in essay format, what each concept means within the context of our course themes thus far. How do these 20 concepts help tell of the African American story from Africa, through enslavement and emancipation and the present?
History; C.E.; Rift Valley; Africanisms in Black Culture; Niger-Congo languages -Bantu migration; Queen Njinga; Enslavement characteristics; Resistance to enslavement; Crispus Attuck; Phillis Wheatley; Ethnology; John Malvin, 1830; D. Walker, N. Turner & W. L. Garrison; Frederick Douglas; “1850 Compromise”; John P. Parker; Kansas-Nebraska Act; Dred Scott; Prudence Crandall; “Black people’s CNN”; and Jesse Jackson.
From this link use PPT’s 5-8
F & H chapters PPT – https://faculty.mccneb.edu/HPearson/HIST%201050.html
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EXAM – DEFINITIONS Concepts HIS 1110 Dr. G. J. Giddings
Student Name: Joseph Sigmon
Directions:
Fill in the blanks with the full correct definition from answer sheet; no abbreviations!
History -record and struggle of a people in the process of humanizing the world; shaping it in their interest/image
C.E. – Common Era, replaces “AD” (Anno domini – Year of our Lord)
Rift Valley 168,000. B.C.E. -Area in Africa with archeological evidence of earliest humans
Africanisms in Black culture – oral, communal, Spiritual & matrifocal
Niger-Congo languages -75% of Africa’s 2,000 languages are in this linguistic group/family
Queen Njinga, 1624 C.E. – Ndongo monarch who adopted Christianity as a political strategy
Characteristics of enslavement – resisted, forced, legal, & contradictory
Resistance to enslavement – revolt, day-to-day, cultural, escape
Crispus Attuck, 1750, 1770 – Escaped enslavement in Massachusetts, then first martyr in U.S. Revolutionary War
Phillis Wheatley, 1761 – Great poet, named after a middle passage slave ship by Massachusetts enslavers
Ethnology, 1830s – Pseudo-science used to argue Black inferiority myth and justify enslavement
John Malvin, 1830s – Purchased his freedom in VA; skilled carpenter; move to Ohio and had to work as a cook
D. Walker, W. L. Garrison, & N. Turner, 1829-1831 – Led Militant Abolitionist activities
Frederick Douglas, 1830s – Enslaved in Maryland and hired out as a skilled ship caulker
“1850 Compromise” -Stricter “fugitive slave” law, ended “slave trade” in Washington, D.C., etc.
Underground Railroad. 1810-’50 – 100,000 escaped slavery, costing the South $30 million
Harriet Tubman, 1850s – “Underground railroad conductor,” and Civil War spy, cook, nurse
Dred Scott, 1857 -Petitioned U.S. Supreme Court for freedom, after living 4 years in Illinois
John Brown. 1859 -White radical abolitionist, who led an armed revolt against slavery in Harpers Ferry Virginia, killed 5.
“Black people’s CNN,” 1980s – Hip-hop’s function, according to Public Enemy emcee Chuck D
Jesse Jackson, 1984, 1988 – Increased Black voter registration by running twice for President, winning 11 primaries/caucuses
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