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Why is it Important to Note these Artifacts

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Why is it Important to Note these Artifacts

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This is important because it showed slave culture before they were affected by the Americas.

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Why is it Important to Know What slave Living Conditions Were Like

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Why is it Important to Know What slave Living Conditions Were Like

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This is important because It showed why slavery was so miserable but it also showed how slaves made the best of these living conditions. It also shows why some people had certain opinions about slaves and why others had different opinions.

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In terms of medicine slaves would farm medicinal crops in their personal garden outside the slave housing but the slaves usually did not have the resources they needed to cure some disease. Slaves would also use religion to heal which was a mix of Christianity and VooDoo

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Slave housing was usually located where slaves were needed, for example slaves that would farm would be near the elite plantations where the cash crops were grown and household slaves would have a house outside the master's house. These houses were made out of wood and typically did not have a foundation so it would be harsh and cold during the winter.

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Look for slave quarter conditions -   what did their shelter, food production, medicine look like?  Where were slave quarters typically located on a plantation? 

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Look for slave quarter conditions -   what did their shelter, food production, medicine look like?  Where were slave quarters typically located on a plantation? 

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The slaves were pressed by the white man's religion (Christianity) and they were provided with bible but these were not just regular bibles, these bibles had passages taken out that would go against slavery so slaves could not use the bible against their owners. This counts as an artifact because these slave really did believe in parts of the bible and they treated it as their own religion

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Slaves were not provided with clothing and they had to take care of themselves. Slave women would create clothes (dresses for girls and pants and shirt for men) for the other slaves and this is important because it shows that they took care of eachother.

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Slaves made copper bracelets mainly in western and central africa. This bracelet tells the story of a slave because of the carved figures in the bracelet.

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Many artifacts exist of the slave life -  since many slaves were not allowed to read or write, what are THREE artifacts that have been preserved that tell the story of slave families?   Provide examples and links/ pics if possible.   

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Many artifacts exist of the slave life -  since many slaves were not allowed to read or write, what are THREE artifacts that have been preserved that tell the story of slave families?   Provide examples and links/ pics if possible.   

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One verse that was removed was taken from Galatians 3:28, reading, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.”

The abridged Bible was sure, however, to keep verses that promoted the institution of slavery, like Ephesians 6:5, which reads, “Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ.”

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Why is it Important to Study Slavery and Religion

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Why is it Important to Study Slavery and Religion

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This is important because this tells us what the slaves believed in and it tells us why slaves had certain beliefs on politics and freedom.

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The Europeans that captured the slaves were dominantly christian and these Europeans definitely tried to press their religion on slaves. In doing so they would let slaves off on sunday because sunday was seen as a day of rest in the christian religion. Africans brought voodoo from the old world but because they were being pressed on by christianity they mixed the two religions and created this new slave culture religion.

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What role did religion play in slave life?   What types of religions and practices were common on plantations?  Both the seen and unseen.   

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What role did religion play in slave life?   What types of religions and practices were common on plantations?  Both the seen and unseen.   

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This is important to know because some of these traditions have been passed on today such as jumping over the broom. African American families still participate in this practice even today.

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To celebrate holidays such as birthdays and national holidays slaves would participate in activities such as jump rope or fishing. They would dress up in their best clothes for holidays such as birthdays or Christmas and have a large meal depending on how large of a plantation they worked on.

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Jumping the broom is a tradition created by traditional african slaves and it is a tradition where you jump over a broom at a wedding ceremony to seal the deal.

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The weeping time was the biggest slave auction to ever take place in history in america. Slave were forced to be separated and sold and they were brushed and tarred to look nice which was torturous.

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What was the ‘Weeping time’?   What is “jumping the broom”?  How did slaves celebrate life rituals -  birthdays, weddings, baptisms……  

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What was the ‘Weeping time’?   What is “jumping the broom”?  How did slaves celebrate life rituals -  birthdays, weddings, baptisms……  

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This is all important to know because it really tells you how slave culture has affected our culture even today. It also tells us how slave would make it even though they had to live through difficult times

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Music was also a big part of slave culture. They would often write songs based on their feelings almost like how we do today in modern society.

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Tubman used “Wade in the Water” to tell slaves to get into the water to avoid being seen and make it through. This is an example of a map song, where directions are coded into the lyrics. These are the lyrics to “Wade in the Water”

Chorus: Wade in the Water, wade in the water children. Wade in the Water. God’s gonna trouble the water.

Who are those children all dressed in Red? God’s gonna trouble the water.

Must be the ones that Moses led. God’s gonna trouble the water.

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Slaves would also tell stories That would glorify the African culture to make up for the degrading that the whites were doing. They would often write narratives That would tell these stories to be passed on to the next generation.

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Slave would build up their own personal garden many times and they would cook fairly good sounding meals in the ways that they are accustomed to from their homeland. One example of a meal that they would make is ham and brown sugar from sugar cane.

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How did food production, storytelling, and music play a part in slave life?  What are specific examples of practices?   What about art, tools, quilts? 

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How did food production, storytelling, and music play a part in slave life?  What are specific examples of practices?   What about art, tools, quilts? 

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"He took me by the hand and led me out to the middle of the street, and turning me slowly around, exposed me to the view of those who attended the venue. I was soon surrounded by strange men who examined and handled me in the same way that a butcher would a calf or a lamb he was about to purchase, and who talked about my shape and size in like words…I was then put up to sale… the people who stood by said that I had fetched a great sum for one so young a slave. I then saw my sisters led forth and sold to different owners…When the sale was over, my mother hugged and kissed us and mourned over us, begging us to keep a good heart…It was a sad parting, one went one way, one another, and our poor mammy went home with nothing." Taken from The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave

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This is important to note because it really shows how slaves were mistreated and it was because they were not even seen as human but nearly tools.

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What did the typical slave family look like on a plantation?  Structure?   Roles?   Why were so many families not allowed to stay together? 

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What did the typical slave family look like on a plantation?  Structure?   Roles?   Why were so many families not allowed to stay together? 

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Plantation owners controlled what was called quasi-marital unions which stated that the owners could do as they pleased with the slaves. Since slaves were not seen as human they were seen as currency and would often be sold away and separated from blood related family members.

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Slaves usually lived in nuclear families which were families that consisted of your typical mother, father and children. Often enslaved women would be sexually abused and bear a child and that child was typically the mothers responsibility.