VOCAB Flashcards
slave narrative ?
narrative of a slave’s life
-> became a whole genre
slaveholding society
society that finds slavery legitimate
the middle passage
transportation of slaves across the atlantic
-> problem in representation
“written by him/herself” ≠ “related by him/her”
depends if the slave can write or not
abolitionist society
ppl for the end of slavery
the “peculiar institution”
how pro slavery ppl used to define slavery
antebellum society/period ?
before the civil war
mason-dixon line ?
border btwn free states (north) and slaveholding states (south)
black laws ?
laws preventing the slaves from many things
«Desire» ?
1st American made slave ship
-> obscene name
-> slaves on top of each other
«am I not a man and a brother?»
-> motto (1787)
-> shows slaves’ christianity
travelogue ?
journal de bord
