1. Why and how did vestiges of African culture survive in British North America? Be specific in your answer.
2. In the colonial era, the first free Black self-governing community in North America was established in 1752 in Spanish-controlled Florida. How did the community function and why was it successful or not?
3. Compare and contract slavery in the Chesapeake region with slavery in New York City. Did urban slavery function differently from plantation slavery? How and why?
4. Read two chapters of one of the books recommneded above. What is the author's premise for those chapters and what is the point they want to make about African-American culture and society in 17th and 18th centuries in Colonial America?