Category 1
Who were abolitionists?
Abolitionists were against slavery.
Enslaved people were determined to find freedom in the ____________________ (what part of the United States)
North
True or False: slaves had schools where they could learn to read and write.
False
True or False: Slave owners were always careful to make sure families stayed together.
False
Name one famous aboloitionist.
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Frederick Douglass
The Underground Railroad was ________________
a system of homes to help runaways with food and shelter
True or False: Some Africans were captured by other Africans who sold them to traders for money, guns, cloth, food, and whiskey.
True
Indentured servants were young white men and women who would ____________________
work for a 4-7 years and then be set free.
Some slaves escaped south to what countries?
Mexico and the Caribbean
Freedom seekers traveled by _____________.
foot, wagon, boat, and train
The Cotton Gin was a machine that took the ________ out of the cotton. This invention increased cotton growing.
Seeds
3. The journey to the New World was known as the _______________________ . Each route was triangular in shape because ships made three different stops during their voyages.
Middle Passage
Why did many Americans join anti-slavery societies?
To prevent the spread of slavery to the northern states.
Most historians believe the Underground Railroad helped lead about 100,000 enslaved runaways to freedom in _______________________.
The northern states and Canada
Laws were passed in the colonies that took away _________________
The rights of all blacks.
Slavery has been a part of American history since the early 1500s and more than _________________ Africans were captured, sold and transported to America.
12 million
List at least three places slaves escaped to.
1. Most traveled north, either to the northern states or to Canada.
2. Some traveled south to Mexico.
3. Others traveled south to the Caribbean.
Describe in at least 5 sentences what life as a slave would have been like.
An enslaved person worked more hours than I could even imagine in a day. They endured hard labor, excruciatingly long days, beatings, and separation from those they loved. They were treated as property instead of human beings. During the summer, they did hard labor outside farming and harvesting crops. When the weather got cold they repaired fences and prepared for when they could plant.
By the early 1800s, slavery was ended in all states north of what two states ___________________?
Pennsylvania and Maryland
The northern states and southern states finally __________________________.
Fought in the civil war.