Black Americans Before Juneteenth 1619-1865

Mary Ann Shadd Cary- first female Afr-Am newspaper editor in North America when she started the abolitionist newspaper, The Provincial Freemen, in Canada. Which HS?

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Robert Smalls -> hijacked a Confederate ship ->surrendered to Union Navy -> became a celebrity! -> SC elected him to the US Congress. Which HS?

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In 1843 his speech "Call to Rebellion," Henry Highland Garnett encouraged enslaved people to free themselves by rising up. "Let your motto be RESISTANCE! Which HS?

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In 1831, Nat Turner conducted a successful slave revolt.The Bible that he held is displayed at the new museum of African American History in Wash DC. Which HS?

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Never Caught by Erica Armstrong Dunbar was published in 2017 about Ona Judge who self emancipated in 1796. Dunbar is a Blk Studies prof @U of Delaware. Which HS?

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Mum Bett was the first to sue in court and win her freedom choosing a new name: Elizabeth Freeman. Which HS?

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Known as a founder of Afr-Am literature, Long Island's Jupiter Hammon's poem published in 1761 in NY was the first by an Afr-Am in North America. Which HS?

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In Oct 2020, Lloyd Manor, the Long Island home of Afr-Am poet Jupiter Hammon was named a literary landmark. Which HS?

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Phillis Wheatley was the first Afr-Am and second woman to publish a book. Her books contained these

• songs

• poems

• political opinions

• letters to G Washington

Cinque led a mutiny on this ship, becoming a national news story when the ship landed on Long Island. A former president defended him in the Supreme Court.

• Amish

• Amistad

• Amsterdam

• The Armorer