Beginnings
Slave Life
Abolition
Rebellion
Extra
100
What was the passage slaves traveled to reach the New World?
The Middle Passage
100
How were most slaves sold?
By auction
100
Famous abolitionist who became a public speaker after running away at the age of 20. Broke the law by learning to read and write.
Fredrick Douglass
100
Slave who led the most violent slave rebellion
Nat Turner
100
Why were southerners so opposed to ending slavery?
They believed the north had no right to tell them how to live, they worried about their economy suffering
200
What was the leading cause of death of Native Americans?
Disease
200
Most southern whites considered slaves to be:
Property
200
Most famous conductor in the Underground Railroad, had a bounty on her head for $40, 000, was a former slave
Harriet Tubman
200
What were slave codes?
Laws created to control slave behavior.
200
At one time, how high was the bounty for Harriet Tubman's capture?
40,000
300
What country first legalized slavery in the Americas?
Spain
300

Describe the typical living conditions of slaves in America

poor living conditions/slave quarters were poorly buit

300
Believe God told her to travel around the country speaking the truth about slavery and women's rights
Sojourner Truth
300

Name one of the 4 ways slaves rebelled against their masters:

1. ran away 2. broke tools 3. worked slowly 4. pretended to be sick

300

Slave Owners Breed Slaves And Used Them As what 

Currency 

400
Most Africans that were kidnapped came from which part of Africa?
The interior
400

Slaves in Huckleberry Finn are characterized as what?

simple, unsophisticated, illiterate, childlike, and superstitious

400
Definition of abolition
The fight to end slavery
400
What was the name of the group without any leadership structure that led many slaves to freedom?
The Underground Railroad
400
What four European countries were the most involved in the slave trade?
1. Spain 2. Portugal 3. Netherlands 4. England
500
How many Africans did not survive the journey on their way to the Americas?
1 in 6 Africans died
500

What are one of the 3 ways slaves developed their own culture. How did this help them?

1. Family 2. Religion 3. Art and Dance

500

An estimated __ million African slaves were enslaved and transported across the Atlantic to the Americas, where they were sold as workers on large plantations in South and North America, as well as on the Caribbean islands.

12

500

Name of the slave codes 

1. slaves could not be educated 2. slaves could not travel without proof of permission by their owners 3. slaves could not buy or sell items

500
Rather than just punishments, how did some slave owners control behavior?
By incentives, giving better food, clothing, jobs, etc. to those slaves that behaved.
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