Beginning with the slavery period and including up to approximately World War II, explain ways that slaves, and then black people in general, took ownership of their own situation and sought to improve it

African American studies

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Question:
Beginning with the slavery period and including up to approximately World War II, explain ways that slaves, and then black people in general, took ownership of their own situation and sought to improve it – through various means; by resistance, revolt, flight, and empowering themselves and each other.

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