Tag: The Americas
What were the effects of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade?
The aftermath of slavery was another social, political, and economic burden.
How were slaves punished during the time of chattel slavery in the Americas?
Here are some of the ways that enslaved African people were punished.
What was the largest actual slave rebellion in the United States?
This Louisiana uprising of enslaved African people was unparalleled in the history of North America.
What was the largest planned slave rebellion in the United States?
The largest plot of revolt among slaves in the United States did not actually happen, but it still ended slavery.
What was the bloodiest rebellion of enslaved African people in South America?
This uprising, in what is now Guyana, set off a chain of revolts which broke the chains of African people everywhere.
What were the most violent Black slave revolts in the history of the Americas?
In all of the Americas, the Caribbean was a consistent hotspot for violent anti-slavery activities.
What were rebel slaves in the U.S. planning to do after their revolts were over?
Here’s what slaves who participated in rebellions were hoping to achieve.
What was the largest slave revolt in the Americas outside of Haiti?
This was the largest rebellion of enslaved Blacks in the Western Hemisphere outside of the Haitian Revolution.
Why was it so difficult for Black people to unify during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade?
Here’s why African people were generally not united against their oppressors during the time of slavery.