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African American History By Jacqueline Tsai, Andrea Wisniewski, Tonio Domino, Sam Hedin Time Period: 1800-1849Topics: Coded Spirituals by Andrea Wisniewski

Capture of La Amistad by Jacqueline Tsai

Independence of Haiti by Tonio Domino

Nat Tuners Rebellion by Sam HedinCoded spirituals by Andrea WisniewskiFAMOUS SPIRITUALS:

Follow the Drinking Gourd

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

Steal Away

Cant Hear Nobody PrayWhy Spirituals are important:Spread a secret messageInform other slaves about churchTell a storyPraise GodOrganize an escapeWhen the Sun comes back

And the first slave calls

Follow the Drinking Gourd

For an old man is a waiting for to carry you to freedom

If you follow the Drinking Gourd Follow the drinking gourd:Winter TimeThe Big DipperPeg Leg JoeThe River makes a very good road

The dead trees will show you the way

Left food, peg foot travelling on

Follow the Drinking GourdThe water will lose your scentPeg Leg Joe marked dead tress on the route The Big DipperThe river ends between two hills

Follow the Drinking Gourd

Theres another river on the other side

Follow the Drinking GourdFollow Tombigbee river Big DipperFollow river after the Tombigbee riverThe Big DipperWhen the Big River meets the little river

Follow the Drinking Gourd

The Old man is a waiting for to carry you to freedom

If you follow the Drinking Gourd

Continue to follow the riverFollow the Big DipperPeg Leg Joe helps run away slavesBig DipperSwing low, sweet chariotSwing Low, Sweet Chariot

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

Comin for to carry you home

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

Comin for to carry you home

Underground railroad conductorBring slaves to CanadaI look over Jordan

And WHAT did I see

Comin for to carry me home

A band of angels comin after me

Comin for to carry me homeJordan is referring to CanadaUnderground Railroad Conductors bringing them to CanadaBring them to CanadaOther songs and MeaningsSteal Away

Steal Away, Steal Away

Steal Away to Jesus

Steal Away, Steal Away home

I aint got long to stay hereRunning awayCant hear nobody prayCouldnt hear nobody pray

Couldnt hear nobody pray

Couldnt hear nobody pray

Way down yonder by myself

Couldnt hear nobody prayAn escape failed and they were going to meet to regroup. Mostly means somebody diedIndependence of haiti

First Ruler of haiti

Jean-Jacques Dessalines was the first ruler of Haiti, and hated white people.La Amistad

The StormTheir destination was Port-au-Prince

The estimated length of the trip was 2 to 3 days

Storm made the trip much longer

On the third day the captain ordered to start rationing food

The Fourth DayOne of the Africans asked the cook what would happen to them on board. The cook replied that the Africans would be killed and eaten.The Capture of La AmistadParanoid, one of the Africans, Sengbe Pieh, located a loose nail on deckPicked his shackles and freed himself and othersWent to the cargo, and armed themselves with sugarcane knivesKilled the captain, cook, and all the white people except, Montez and Ruiz

Montez and RuizSengbe Pieh spared their lives

In return they would sail the ship back to Africa

During the day, they sailed East (towards Africa)

At night, they sailed northwest (towards United States)VictoryTook over the ship

On August 26 the naval ship, the Washington, took captive of La Amistad because of suspicions on the tattered ship

Pieh was trialed for murder of the cook and captain

Won his trialThe EndHe eventually returned to Africa with missionaries

When he returned to his village, it was destroyed

He later suspected that they were sold into slavery

Clip of Sengbes family from La Amistad movie.