How were Africans able to maintain their social identity as slaves?
What will be an ideal response?
A. African slaves social identity
1. within the constraints of plantation life, black people retained a degree of
initiative
a. allowed them to continue to craft their social worlds, domestic
practices, values, and norms of behavior
2. white men's laws reflected these values
a. codes guaranteeing slaves' rights to marriage
b. inseparability of husbands and wives
c. inseparability of children from parents before puberty
d. local laws against owners who abused slaves, removed slave
children from their parents' care, or denied conjugal rights to
married slaves
3. moral power of the church had some positive influence
a. Spanish priests pressured white masters to marry slave concubines
b. persuaded owners to grant dowries to female slaves on marriage
4. traditions of African societies helped influence social norms
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