The African-Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Assignment: Watch the first 25 minutes of the film and address the questions below:
Episode 1: The Black Atlantic explores the truly global experiences that created the African American people. Beginning a full century before the first documented slaves arrived at Jamestown, Virginia, the episode portrays the earliest Africans, both slave and free, who arrived on the North American shores. (Start 1:50 - Stop 25:00)
SWBAT:
Investigate and analyze the earliest Africans (slave and free) who arrived in America
IOT:
hypothesize how slavery evolved.
Episode 1: The Black Atlantic explores the truly global experiences that created the African American people. Beginning a full century before the first documented slaves arrived at Jamestown, Virginia, the episode portrays the earliest Africans, both slave and free, who arrived on the North American shores. (Start 1:50 - Stop 25:00)
- Who is Anthony Johnson and what happened to him? How did this event change the face of slavery?
- According to the film, why did Europeans not enslave other Europeans?
- What added dangers would women have to fear on the middle passage?
- Describe Charleston, South Carolina’s role in the slave trade.
- Compare Priscilla’s story to Equiano’s.
SWBAT:
Investigate and analyze the earliest Africans (slave and free) who arrived in America
IOT:
hypothesize how slavery evolved.