Multiple Choice Questions
Engage ALL related resources, including “Study Guide: Constructing Womanist History” and Berry and Gross’ Introduction and chapters 1-5 ” a Black woman’s history of the united states.” and consider the specific ways Black women resisted bondage and forged honorable and exemplary lives for themselves and their families. In paragraph format using specific support details from relevant resources, answer the following questions in a thread you create:
-How would you describe the difficulty of constructing or researching the stories of Black women in pre and early America?
-What specifically is new to you about the biography of Angela and Belinda, however limited, as recounted by Berry & Gross; what do their stories help you to understand about the settlement of the “Americas” and/or early U.S. history?
-What is at least one specific example of the enslavement system as: forced, resisted, legal and contradictory?
-What is at least one specific example of Black women resisting enslavement bondage in any 2 of following 4 categories: day-to-day, cultural, escape and revolt?
-How specifically did any number of specific Black women contributed to brining enslavement to an end (participation in Underground Railroad, Civil War, etc.)
-In light of the resources engaged, do you believe that the enslavement system had an ongoing impact on any aspect of American realty (racism, incarceration, etc.) today; if so, how specifically; and does any of the resources engaged leave you with any wonderment; or unanswered question/s?
