Before It All Started
The type of housing many Western Africans dwelled in
What are huts?
Many Africans were ___ against their will, even by their own people
What is captured/taken?
This is the ocean that the slave ships crossed
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
What is the West Indies/Caribbean/or Brazil?
A very valuable natural resource that was/is found throughout Africa
What is gold?
Slavery was expected to last this amount of time
What is forever/always?
Slave masters did not want the slave to die, so this was the main type of exercise that they were forced to do while on the top deck of slave ship
What was dance?
Upon arriving, the slaves were ___ off, and sometimes even for a penny
What is auctioned?
It was not odd for many African households to have this particular hired help BEFORE slavery began
What are maids/servants?
This is the reason why the targeted African countries were chosen
What is their physique or the Africans were very strong/excellent farmers?
Name 2 of the 3 food items provided on the slave ship
What are yams, beans, or rice?
Slaves tried to trick their slave masters by speaking in code, known in the West Indies as _____.
What is patois?
Many Africans were of ___ descent and had a lot of wealth
What is royal?
Many Portuguese, Dutch and British found new ___, but forced African slaves to cultivate it
What is land/areas/territory?
Slaves were stripped of their clothing before their entry on the slave ships because any article of clothing can be used as a ____.
What is weapon?
Slaves sang negro spirituals that had many hidden messages as they tried to get to the land of freedom/Canada. This was the code word for Canada.
What is heaven?
Even today, many Africans still make clothing out of this material
What is kente cloth?
These were the 4 main countries targeted for slavery
What are Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Ghana?
A pack of this food item is often used to describe how shackled slaves were positioned below deck
What are sardines?
June 19th is the date when slavery was abolished and is commonly known and celebrated as ____.
What is Juneteen?