History of the United States I / Unit 3 USH1 0334 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Middle Passage and Maroon Communities
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The idea
The crossing lasted one to two months, and the anchor says many thousands perished during the voyage. In the Chesapeake arrivals faced a lifetime of harvesting and processing tobacco.
In practice
Escaped people in Jamaica and elsewhere creating maroon communities that resisted recapture.
Where people slip
The anchor states that everywhere Africans resisted slavery, and running away was common.
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