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Textbook: Out of Many- 5th Edition

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510997024Enumerated GoodsItems produced in the colonies that could be legally shipped from the colony of origin, only to specified locations. Grain, flour, meat, and dairy products are not part of these goods.0
510997025White Skin PrivilegeBelief that white-skinned people were better than those with black skin and having black skin was God's curse and was a natural infection.1
510997026MulattoFree people of mixed ancestry of European,Indian, and African. Weren't necessarily enslaved or segregated at first.2
510997027SeminolesSlaves who escaped from South Carolina or Georgia and were of African & Indian descent. Created communities in Spanish Florida.3
5109970281st Families of VirginiaA group of prominent families who led the colonial culture and economy. Jeffersons, Madisons, Washingtons, etc. The elite of farming colonial families, top 1-3% in economy4
511032475MaroonsName for communities established by runaway slaves. Name comes from Spanish word "Cimmaron" meaning "wild & untamed." Located mainly in the back country of the lower south.5
511032476CreoleCountry born slaves, this term was first used by slaves in Brazil to distinguish their children. Born in the new world from newly arrived Africans.6
511032477Society with SlavesBecause slaves had little economic benefit, slaves were among one of the many forms of labor on Virginia and Maryland plantations. Often, indentured servants and slaves worked together, ate, and shared common quarters in the 17th century.7
511032478Fictive KinshipOne of the first methods enslaved Africans used to humanize the world of slavery. These methods included referring to unrelated people as "auntie" or "uncle," or "brother" and "sister" used among slaves of a close age. This created a sense of family linked emotionally rather than by relation.8
511032479Middle PassageOne of the parts of the trading triangle, the voyage between West Africa & the New World slave colonies. Many slaves died during this voyage.9
511032480John HawkinsMan who started the English slave trade in the 16th century with African voyages. He was an English sea dog.10
511032481Anthony JohnsonHe was a master of an indentured servant in a court case where he kept the servant for too long. He himself was of African descent and lived in colonial Virginia.11
511032482Venture SmithAn African born in Guinea in 1729. 8 years old when captured and his village was raided. He watched his father get murdered in the process.12

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