Black Radicalism (XCOR-3010-02) – Reading review 4 & 5

QUESTION

Reading review 4: please answer the following questions in a separate word document. Your answers must be in your own words. Any quotations taken from the source must be cited in parentheses. The purpose of the reading review is not to have every question answered correctly — this is a learning exercise. The purpose is to demonstrate that (1) you have completed the reading assignment, (2) you have thought about the assignment critically, and (3) you have answered the questions to the best of your ability.

Readings for this assignment:

Week 4

Based on your reading of chapter 4 of Slavery’s Exiles, describe some of the living quarters that borderland maroons found or made for themselves.
Based on chapter 4 of Slavery’s Exiles, how did borderland maroons obtain food? How did they obtain other supplies that they needed to survive?
What surprised you the most from chapter 4?
What similarities do you see between the maroons that Diouf is describing and those who followed Queen Nanny?S

The only source to use to answer this assignment- https://xula.zoom.us/rec/play/epbDyikbSLpAh1OKm69eD93J3053KxDBbBa5fNmwJxrdNYmBKwn6ytchJNMaYECMKQ7lK96oZoUE4fMz.q71SNONuOdvjO6Wd?autoplay=true&startTime=1705445818000

Instructions

Reading review 5: please answer the following questions in a separate word document. Your answers must be in your own words.Any quotations taken from the source must be cited in parentheses. The purpose of the reading review is not to have every question answered correctly — this is a learning exercise. The purpose is to demonstrate that (1) you have completed the reading assignment, (2) you have thought about the assignment critically, and (3) you have answered the questions to the best of your ability.
Readings for this assignment:
Week 5
What are some of the primary sources that Diouf used in chapter 5 of Slavery’s Exiles? Are these reliable sources? Why or why not?
What differences do you see between the borderland maroons and hinterland maroons. Do you think the distinction is significant or minor? Explain.
What is the evidence that hinterland maroons grew their own food?
What most surprised you from the story of St. Malo (chapter 6)?
Based on what you’ve learned so far from the Slavery’s Exiles book, would you describe marronage as an example of black radicalism? Why or why not?

The only sources to use to answer this assignment- https://xula.zoom.us/rec/play/rWsHEUCAqiTgrzfG0nfCJkgeSgd2aPuiy533_IMqNbXNxf5MMcqFtdEQbmTISdBndeMPvt2qDPyaip8h.Sc2DtnTX16d8OC6Q?autoplay=true&startTime=1708102261000

https://64parishes.org/entry/saint-domingue-revolution

https://64parishes.org/entry/german-coast-slave-insurrection-of-1811

https://www.pbs.org/video/largest-slave-revolt-in-u-s-history-lives-on-in-reenactment-1574615103/