Lesson 2.15–2.17 Worksheet Packet (PDF) — FREEDOM-SEEKING ACROSS THE DIASPORA

**NOTE: This worksheet covers content from Topic 2.15 (Maroon Societies and Self-Emancipation), Topic 2.16 (Slavery & Freedom in Brazil), and Topic 2.17 (The Relationship Between Blacks and Indians)

Expand students' view of freedom-seeking beyond U.S. borders with this 12-page worksheet packet for Unit 2 of the AP African American Studies course. Topics 2.15–2.17 examine maroon societies throughout the Americas, the unique alliance between Black Seminoles and Indigenous peoples in Florida, and the path to abolition in Brazil — using primary source paintings, diary entries, government petitions, and comparative data analysis.

📝 What's Included:

✅ 12-page student worksheet packet (PDF + printable)
🖥️ Link to Editable version (Google Docs)
📚 Key vocabulary word study (self-emancipation, manumission, marronage, maroons)
🌴 In-depth reading on maroon societies across the Americas, including Palmares (Brazil), Fort Mose (Florida), and the Great Dismal Swamp
🖼️ Primary source analysis of three maroon-related artworks, including "The Maroons in Ambush" (1801) and "The Hunted Slaves" (1862)
🪶 Reading on the Black Seminoles, their alliance with the Seminole Nation, and leaders Abraham and John Horse (Gopher John)
📜 Primary source analysis of a military diary entry on the capture of Black Seminoles (1836) and an 1869 Arkansas petition for Freedmen's rights
🇧🇷 In-depth reading on slavery and gradual abolition in Brazil, including the "Golden Law" and the "Free Womb Law"
🖼️ Primary source analysis of three Brazil-related images, including Afro-Brazilian capoeira and religious festival traditions
📊 Comparative data analysis on free populations of color in Brazil, Cuba, and the United States
🧠 Freedom-Seeking Organizer charts and comprehension questions throughout

📚 Students Will Learn About:

🏃🏾 The four main paths to self-emancipation: running away, marronage, manumission, and rebellion
🌴 How maroon communities formed across the Americas — from Palmares in Brazil to the Great Dismal Swamp on the Virginia-North Carolina border
⚔️ Leonard Parkinson and the Second Maroon War in Jamaica, and Gaspar Yanga's founding of the first free town in the Americas
🪶 The Black Seminoles, their alliance with the Seminole Nation in Florida, and leaders like Abraham and John Horse
🏛️ The U.S. government's Seminole Wars and the forced removal of Seminoles, Black and Indigenous, along the Trail of Tears
🇧🇷 The 350-year history of slavery in Brazil and its gradual abolition through laws like the "Free Womb Law" and the 1888 "Golden Law"
📊 How rates of manumission and free populations of color differed dramatically between Brazil, Cuba, and the United States
🥋 Capoeira and other Afro-Brazilian cultural traditions as living forms of resistance and cultural preservation

🎯 Perfect For:

✔ AP African American Studies (Topics 2.15–2.17)
✔ 9th–12th Ethnic Studies, African American History, or U.S. History enrichment
✔ Black History Month or African American history lessons
✔ Comparative diaspora studies, primary source and visual art analysis
✔ Lessons exploring freedom-seeking across the African Diaspora in the Americas

📎 Formats:

✅ Ready-to-print PDF
✅ Class-ready in 15 minutes or less
✅ Download once. Use every year.

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