African American Studies 40A

Week 3:19th Century

Slavery and Resistance

Key Concepts

•Myth of the Black Matriarch

•Underground Railroad

•Upper-ground Railroad

•Absenteeism

•Maroon communities

•Fort Mose

•Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

Ft. Mose, in Spanish Florida

Artifacts circa 1750-1770

Free Black Militia, officer from Veracruz (left), and

soldier from Havana (right)

c. 1770-1776

Maroon Communities

There were MANY. There were maroon communities in FL and in GA. Davis also mentions others, like SC, NC, LA, MS, AL.

Myths of the Underground Railroad

1845

19th c. Print from Type Specimen Books, used for runaway ads purchased by slave owners and published in newspapers

Wanted Notice for Harriet Jacobs