This exhibit explores the methods used by Africans and their American-born descendants to resist enslavement, as well as to demand emancipation and full participation in American society. Strategies varied, but the goal remained unchanged: freedom and equality.

Concepts

slavery, slave revolts

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Additional Tags

jim crow, library of congress: the peculiar institution, nat turner, slave resistance and rebellion

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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