Selling Slaves
How were they sold?
They were sold by an auction.
Who was mostly likely the first person to bring a slave to USA.
Christopher Columbus.
What did they do if they tried to run away at worst?
They could lose any body part of the slave master’s choice. Or DEATH 💀
When they were working on the plantation what tool would they most likely need?
A shovel
Why did they sell them instead of trading?
To make profit and money off of them.
How were slaves caught and brought to their ship?
They put chains on their neck, hands, and legs and took them away.
What could happen if they messed up even a small part of their work/job.
They would be hit by a wip.
What were they forced to use most of the time?
Their bare hands.
When was the first slave brought over?
1619
How did they mark them when they were brought to the ship?
They were burned this the mark.
When a slave messed up the job big what was one punishment they would get?
They would be beat until the slave master wanted to stop.
What did they use most of the time when they worked in with animals?
They used the food the animals ate and picked up the messes.
Where were they allowed to look at the slaves.
Anywhere the buyers wanted to.
How did they put them in the ships?
They put them on wood planks on top of each other and they wee extremely close together.
What is one thing what could happen if they messed up when they were working on a farm of some sort?
They would be hit countless times by the tool they were using.
When did they get their work clothes?
They didn’t thy worked with what they had on.
Why did they examine the slaves?
To make sure they had strong bodies to work hard.
What type of slaves would they look for while in Africa?
They took any slave they saw and could catch no matter how old and young.
What is the rarest way they would not get beat?
They had a slave owner that bought them to treat them right.
TRUE OR FALSe
They were given clothes for the job they were doing?
False