Vocabulary
Indentured servant
Why did plantation owners switch to using enslaved people to work their farms instead of indentured servants?
Enslaved people were cheaper than indentured servants.
Enslaved people were owned for life, they did not have a contract.
Free Blacks had an easy life with a lot of opportunities to find jobs. True or False
False
A crop that is grown to sell, not feed your family
Cash Crop
A person who is owned by another person and is forced to work for no pay.
Enslaved person
Where were enslaved Africans sold to the highest bidder?
Auctions
Free black people were allowed to own property. True or False
False
What were the most common crops grown on plantations?
Tobacco, cotton, sugar
Also corn and wheat
A person who wants to end slavery.
Abolitionist
What jobs were most enslaved people forced to do?
Most farm hard farm work on plantations
Some worked in homes as maids and cooks
Free Africans could shop in any store they wanted to. True or False
False, free black people were not allowed in stores without the permission of the business owner.
How did enslaved people communicate with each other?
Songs