WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE FIRST BLACK MAN IN CANADA?
What is MATHIEU DECOSTA
100
HOW MANY PEOPLE DID HARRIET TUBMAN BRING TO FREEDOM ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD?
What is 300
100
HOW MANY SLAVES ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE DIED WHILE THEY WERE BEING TRANSPORTED FROM AFRICA TO THE AMERICAS?
What is 8 MILLION
100
HOW LONG WAS THE AVERAGE SLAVE WORK DAY?
What is 16 HOURS (SUN UP TO SUN DOWN)
100
WHEN WAS SLAVERY ABOLISHED IN CANADA?
What is 1833 WHEN IT WAS ABLOSIHED IN BRITAIN BECAUSE WE WERE A BRITISH COLONY
200
RICHARD PIERPOINT FORMED AN ALL BLACK REGIMENT OF FREE MEN TO FIGHT FOR THE CANADIAN COLONIES IN WHICH WAR?
What is THE WAR OF 1812
200
WHEN DID THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD START OPERATING AND WHEN DID IT STOP?
What is 1831 - 1865
200
HOW MANY SLAVES SURVIVED THE TRIP FROM AFRICA TO THE AMERICAS AND WERE SOLD INTO SLAVERY?
What is 10 - 12 MILLION
200
SLAVES WERE USED TO HARVEST CROPS ON LARGE PLANTATIONS. NAME THREE CROPS THAT SLAVES HARVESTED.
What is SUGAR CANE, COTTON, COFFEE, RICE, TOBACCO
200
IN 1760, THE POPULATION OF NEW FRANCE (QUEBEC) WAS 65000 PEOPLE. HOW MANY OF THESE PEOPLE WERE SLAVES?
What is 1200
300
NAME THE FAMOUS FEMALE CONDUCTOR OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD WHO LED SLAVES TO FREEDOM IN ST. CATHARINES?
What is HARRIET TUBMAN
300
THERE WERE MANY CODE WORDS USED ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. WHAT DID THE CODE WORDS "PROMISSED LAND" OR "CANAAN" MEAN?
What is CANADA
300
WHAT WAS THE NAME GIVEN TO THE ROUTE SLAVES TOOK FROM AFRICA TO THE AMERICAS?
What is THE MIDDLE PASSAGE
300
AT WHAT AGE DID SLAVE CHILDREN START WORKING IN THE FIELDS FOR THEIR MASTERS?
What is 7 TO 8 YEARS OLD
300
MANY BLACK PEOPLE CAME TO THE CANADIAN COLONIES AFTER THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AS BLACK LOYALISTS. WHERE DID THE BLACK LOYALISTS MAINLY SETTLE IN CANADA?
What is NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA
400
THE FIRST FEMALE NEWSPAPER EDITOR IN NORTH AMERICA WAS A BLACK WOMAN. WHAT WAS HER NAME?
What is MARY ANN SHADD
400
WHEN DID PEOPLE TRAVEL ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD AND WHY?
What is AT NIGHT TO STAY OUT OF THE SIGHT OF SLAVE HUNTERS
400
HOW LONG DID THE SLAVE TRADE OPERATE BETWEEN AFRICA AND THE AMERICAS?
What is 250 YEARS (1600 - 1850)
400
HOW MANY LASHES COULD A SLAVE RECEIVE IF HE OR SHE DID NOT WORK HARD ENOUGH FOR THEIR MASTERS?
What is 50 TO 100
400
HOW MANY FREE BLACK PEOPLE WERE LIVING IN CANADA WEST (ONTARIO) IN 1850?
What is 60000
500
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE WROTE A FAMOUS NOVEL CALLED UNCLE TOM'S CABIN THAT DISCUSSED THE BRUTALITY OF SLAVERY. HER INSPIRATION FOR THE BOOK CAME FROM THE LIFE STORY OF A BLACK MAN WHO ESCAPED TO CANADA. WHO WAS THIS MAN?
What is JOSIAH HENSON
500
WHAT WAS THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD?
What is A SERIES OF TRAILS THAT LED SLAVES FROM THE UNITED STATES TO FREEDOM IN CANADA
500
WHEN WAS SLAVERY ABOLISHED IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE?
What is 1833
500
WHY WAS IT DIFFICULT FOR SLAVE FAMILIES TO STAY TOGETHER? WHY WERE MOTHERS, FATHERS AND CHILDREN SEPARATED FROM ONE ANOTHER?
What is THEY COULD BE SOLD TO ANOTHER MASTER AT ANY TIME
500
NAME ANOTHER CANADIAN CITY THAT SERVED AS STOPPING POINT FOR THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.