Topic 4.12, African Americans in the Early Republic, pp 241-246 As you read the chapter. jot down your notes in the righthand column. Consider your notes to be elaborations on the Main Ideas presented in thb'lt colur. you finish each section, analyze & process what you read by answering the analysis questions. Learning Objective: Explain the continuities and changes in the experience of African Americans from 1800 to 1848. MAIN IDEAS: NOTES: Antislavery efforts Introduction... in the South were largely limited to unsuccessful slave Free African Americans-- rebellions. In the North. Enslaved blacks and free African Americans created communities and strategies to protect their dignity and family structures, In the South... and they joined political efforts aimed at changing their status. Resistance by the Enslaved... Restrained Actions... Runaways... Rebellions