AP U.S. History / Unit 4: Period 4: 1800–1848
4.12 African Americans in the Early Republic
Notes
Free African Americans built communities and churches (the AME Church) but faced discrimination. Enslaved people resisted (Nat Turner's 1831 revolt). Abolitionists like Frederick Douglass spoke out. The American Colonization Society wanted to send free Black people to Africa (Liberia).
Practice
Nat Turner's 1831 revolt led Southern states to:
Crackdown.
Frederick Douglass was:
Narrative, 1845.
The AME Church was founded by:
Richard Allen.
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