By Jacqueline Tsai, Andrea Wisniewski, Tonio Domino, Sam
Hedin
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Topics: Coded Spirituals by Andrea Wisniewski Capture of La
Amistad by Jacqueline Tsai Independence of Haiti by Tonio Domino
Nat Tuners Rebellion by Sam Hedin
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FAMOUS SPIRITUALS: Follow the Drinking Gourd Swing Low, Sweet
Chariot Steal Away Cant Hear Nobody Pray
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Spread a secret message Inform other slaves about church Tell a
story Praise God Organize an escape
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When the Sun comes back And the first slave calls Follow the
Drinking Gourd For an old man is a waiting for to carry you to
freedom If you follow the Drinking Gourd Winter Time The Big Dipper
Peg Leg Joe
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The River makes a very good road The dead trees will show you
the way Left food, peg foot travelling on Follow the Drinking Gourd
The water will lose your scent Peg Leg Joe marked dead tress on the
route The Big Dipper
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The river ends between two hills Follow the Drinking Gourd
Theres another river on the other side Follow the Drinking Gourd
Follow Tombigbee river Big Dipper Follow river after the Tombigbee
river The Big Dipper
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When the Big River meets the little river Follow the Drinking
Gourd The Old man is a waiting for to carry you to freedom If you
follow the Drinking Gourd Continue to follow the river Follow the
Big Dipper Peg Leg Joe helps run away slaves Big Dipper
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Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Comin for to carry you home Swing Low,
Sweet Chariot Comin for to carry you home Underground railroad
conductor Bring slaves to Canada
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I look over Jordan And WHAT did I see Comin for to carry me
home A band of angels comin after me Comin for to carry me home
Jordan is referring to Canada Underground Railroad Conductors
bringing them to Canada Bring them to Canada
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Steal Away Steal Away, Steal Away Steal Away to Jesus Steal
Away, Steal Away home I aint got long to stay here Running
away
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Couldnt hear nobody pray Way down yonder by myself Couldnt hear
nobody pray An escape failed and they were going to meet to
regroup. Mostly means somebody died
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines was the first ruler of Haiti, and hated
white people.
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Bonaparte noticed Louvertures position but saw him as an
obstacle to a profitable colony. All Louverture wanted was no
slavery But most blacks in Haiti wanted to expel all whites off the
island
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Haiti gained its independence for quite a while but then the
French launched an invasion under General Charles Leclerc in
January of 1802. Everyone joined the French, including some of the
chief Black leaders, even Christophe and Dessalines
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In May, Toussaint formally agreed to surrender, in exchange for
Leclerc to not reinstate slavery in Haiti. A year later, yellow
fever destroyed the French and drove them out.
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Their destination was Port-au-Prince The estimated length of
the trip was 2 to 3 days Storm made the trip much longer On the
third day the captain ordered to start rationing food
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One of the Africans asked the cook what would happen to them on
board. The cook replied that the Africans would be killed and
eaten.
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Paranoid, one of the Africans, Sengbe Pieh, located a loose
nail on deck Picked his shackles and freed himself and others Went
to the cargo, and armed themselves with sugarcane knives Killed the
captain, cook, and all the white people except, Montez and
Ruiz
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Sengbe Pieh spared their lives In return they would sail the
ship back to Africa During the day, they sailed East (towards
Africa) At night, they sailed northwest (towards United
States)
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Took over the ship On August 26 the naval ship, the Washington,
took captive of La Amistad because of suspicions on the tattered
ship Pieh was trialed for murder of the cook and captain Won his
trial
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He eventually returned to Africa with missionaries When he
returned to his village, it was destroyed He later suspected that
they were sold into slavery Clip of Sengbes family from La Amistad
movie.