Students must view the documentary below and answer at least four of the eight questions below:
1. What southern state was the focus of the documentary?
2. What was the significance of the slave patrols in the documentary?
3. What type of work did urban slaves perform?
4. What was the significance of Memphis to the cotton industry?
5. How did the Confiscation Acts transform the lives of enslaved African Americans?
6. Define the Freedmen’s Bureau and its significance.
7. Who were the Jubilee Singers and their goals?
8. Who was Louis B. Hughes, according to the documentary?