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Creating Black Americans, by Nell Irvin Painter
Review and Discussion Questions
Chapter 4
Review Questions
1.
Black men fought on different sides of the Revolutionary War largely
depending upon the region where they lived. How did their regional
location affect African Americans’ choice of which side to support?
2.
Why did William C. Nell write his histories published in 1851 and 1855?
3.
Did the proportion of Black Americans who were free continue to increase
steadily from 1790 to 180?
4.
Were free Black people more likely to live in rural areas or in towns?
5.
What was a common relationship between Black religious and educational
institutions?
Discussion Questions
1.
Would Black Americans have been better off if the United States had not
won its independence from Great Britain until 1840?
2.
At the time of the first US federal census (1790) almost 60,000 African
Americans were free. Was that a large or small proportion of the total
black population at the time?
3.
Why are so few 19th century Black women remembered in United States
history?
4.
Which of the three portraits of Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) on pages 83
and 84 best captures his spirit and his historical importance?
5.
Why did Martin R. Delaney (1812-1885) try to arrange settlement of black
Americans in West Africa in the late 1850s? Was he right or wrong?