Category 1
Which escaped slave is said to have made 19 trips into the South to help some 300 slaves flee to the North?
Harriet Tubman
How did artisan slaves differ from those who were field laborers?
artisan slaves had considerable independence and mobility and field laborers did not.
What book did Abraham Lincoln credit as a cause of the Civil War?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Where did most enslaved people first come from, before they arrived in America?
western Africa
What is Harriet Tubman's real name?
Araminta Ross
When were the first African laborers in effect sold to planters in Virginia?
1619
In the early 1820s, this man led a slave rebellion in Charleston, South Carolina. Who was it?
Denmark Vessey
What was the name of the slave ship commanded by Captain Nathaniel Gordon?
Erie
Enslaved people had to endure a passage across the Atlantic Ocean to get from Africa to America, before shipping was outlawed in 1808. What is shipping slaves across the Atlantic usually called?
the middle passage
How many deaths did Nat Turner's rebellion cause?
56
When were the first Black indentured servants brought to any of the English-speaking colonies in what is now the U.S.?
1619
What nickname was given to "underground railroad" conductor Harriet Tubman?
Moses
At a slave auction house in the antebellum south, a man steps out and hangs a red flag on the front of the building. What does that mean?
An auction will be held today
When African slaves arrived in America, they became subject to laws that varied according to each state, but in general the laws treated enslaved people similar to which of the choices?
property
Dred Scott succesfully sued for his freedom.
False
Where had the first slaves sold to English settlers been kidnapped?
The Caribbean
Which slave, called "The Prophet" by his followers, interpreted a solar eclipse as a sign from God to kill his oppressors?
Nat Turner
A freeman, who was named after a country, tried to organize a large rebellion in 1822 in Charleston, S. C., but he was caught and the rebellion broken up before it could begin. What was his name?
Denmark Vesey
What was the underground railroad?
loosely organized routes of people who helped slaves escape north
There were other races enslaved in America.
True
What is the definition of overseer?
a plantation supervisor who watched over and directed the work of others
Which radical abolitionist tried to incite a massive slave rebellion in Virginia?
John Brown
What was the basis for the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act? Why did we even need it?
it defined how to enforce Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3 of the Constitution
Once slaves were freed, was their life immediately better?
yes and no, in some ways it improved, but in other ways, they were still the victim of racism
What year did slavery begin?