2.Describe the relationship between maroons and native (indigenous populations). What impact did these relationships have on maroon communities’survival?

3.What role did preserved African culture play in Maroon societies? (e.g. language, religion, etc). 

4. In what ways did maroon societies work against their best interest?

1.Describe the characteristics of the African family in the new world?

2.In what ways did the concept of family among enslaved Africans inform the decision to resist, modalities of that resistance, the when, where, how, ad degree of that resistance? 

1.Provide examples of how Africans and African-descended populations retained degrees of their own culture. 

2.What are some contemporary examples of their cultural retention in the Americas? 

1. How did post-emancipated blacks resist or negotiate their freedom?

2.Describe former slaveholders’ backlash to the newly freed population?

1.What factors precipitated reversal of the progressive social policies gained during reconstruction?

2) The creole language is a mix of African and French languages. They also retain culture through clothing, food, and music. 

2. The Apprenticeship program was one form of backlash because the emancipated slaves were required to continue working on the plantations for upwards of four years. They also continued to oppress the Africans. There was also educational restrictions for education so that only privileged families were able to receive education. This lead to more class division within the black community.