History
This institution takes people against their will and forces them to work without being paid.
Slavery
The upper part of a boat.
the deck
What two crops were popular for plantations to produce?
sugar or cotton
True/False : slaves that ran away often ran during the day to the north.
False
The South
This word means to take someone by force
to capture
What was the Civil War in the US about?
Slavery
What is the Underground Railroad?
A secret network of safehouses and routes for escaping slaves to make it to freedom.
This country was one of the countries that, alongside Great Britain, The US, France, Spain and Denmark to participate in the slave trade.
Portugal
**DOUBLE JEOPQRDY** This word means to beat (a person or animal) with a leather cord, especially as a punishment or to urge them on.
to whip
Abraham Lincoln
True/False one of the many threats slaves faced when trying to run away were Slave Catchers.
True
What type of building were slaves bought and sold in?
Auction houses
This word means to be restrained, chained, or limited.
shackled
What might happen if an escaping slave was caught by their master?
They might be beaten or whipped.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
Abolitionist, freed-woman, helped to free over 700 slaves through the underground railroad.
December 6, 1865 in the US
The day slavery was abolished
This word means a person who favours the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.
Abolitionist
This famous abolitionist was a freed-woman (ex-slave) and spent the rest of her life freeing other slaves and fighting for women's suffrage.
Harriet Tubman
How did slaves running for freedom know where they were going.
The followed the nortn start.