Working & Living Conditions
Controlling Slaves & Resistance to Slavery
Slave Families & Communities, Leisure Activities
Slave Churches & Culture
Miscellaneous
100
Slaves seldom went _____. Owners needed them to be strong enough to work.
What is hungry?
100
A secret network of free blacks and whites who helped slaves escape to free states or Canada.
What is the Underground Railroad?
100
Of all the things that slaves feared, being __________ from loved ones was the most feared.
What is being sold away?
100
"______" church services held in forested areas brought together African roots and American needs.
What are invisible?
100
Free African Americans most often found work at _____ paying jobs.
What are low paying?
200
Slave supervisors were called_____.
Who are overseers?
200
He organized a rebellion where a group of slaves killed 57 whites over a period of two days.
Who is Nat Turner?
200
Slave children were taught to be _____ around whites.
What is silent?
200
Religion helped slaves bear their suffering and still find _____ in life.
What is joy?
200
Southerners who did not own slaves still supported slavery because they knew that the South's _____ depended on it.
What is economy?
300
The working hours of a slave.
What is from dawn to dusk?
300
In response to slave __________, southern states passed even stricter slave codes.
What are rebellions?
300
When did slaves have some time to themselves?
What is Saturday night and Sunday?
300
Slave _____ have the rhythms and harmonies of Africa, but speak about the realities of slavery.
What are songs?
300
Free African Americans in the North still faced __________, just like slaves in the South.
What is discrimination?
400
Children started working at slaves around the age of _____.
What is six years of age?
400
Some slaveholders used harsh _____ to control slaves.
What is punishment?
400
Slave women could gather to talk and work during a _____ bee.
What is quilting?
400
_____ helped slaves put aside their cares, express their feelings and refresh their spirits.
What is dancing?
400
The feeling of being weighed down or held back by severe and/or unfair force is called_____.
What is oppression?
500
Tell three things about a typical slaves quarters.
What is cramped, cold/hot, dirty?
500
Other slaveholders sent slaves to ___________, who were experts at turning slaves into humble and obedient.
Who are slave breakers?
500
Tell 3 ways that slaves spent their free time.
What are hunting, fishing, playing games, visiting with friends?
500
The slave folktale about Br'er _____ was based on an African animal that was a trickster in African folktales.
What is rabbit?
500
Biblical stories were frequently illustrated on slave _____.
What are quilts?
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