Discussion: Slave Culture
After reading the first hand accounts of slaves provided in Lesson 12, discuss what you see at the most important elements of slave culture. How were the enslaved able to maintain a culture in a system in which they had few legal rights? What challenges hindered the development of slave culture? Why was maintaining a culture important to enslaved peoples during the Antebellum era? How is slavery portrayed today and is it accurate?
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