SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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Black people continued to fight the institution of slavery despite the threat of death and bodily harm.
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Despite many struggles, black people found ways to preserve their African culture/heritage.
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The history of black people is painful, inspirational, and exhilarating.
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All the above.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Enslaved people were regarded and treated as property with little to no rights. In many colonies, enslaved people could not testify in a court of law, own guns, gather in large groups, or go out at night.
Detailed explanation-2: -The American Colonization Society (ACS) was formed in 1817 to send free African-Americans to Africa as an alternative to emancipation in the United States. In 1822, the society established on the west coast of Africa a colony that in 1847 became the independent nation of Liberia.
Detailed explanation-3: -The society’s program focused on purchasing and freeing slaves, paying their passage (and that of free blacks) to the west coast of Africa, and assisting them after their arrival there.