Transatlantic Slave Trade
Underground Railroad
Abolitionists
Middle Passage
Secret Codes
100
This is what they used to travel along the transatlantic slave trade.
What is by ship?
100
She is the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
100
This man traveled from plantation to plantation as a handyman who secretly taught a map song to the slaves.
Who is Peg Leg Joe?
100
This is the part of the ship where slaves traveled.
What is below deck?
100
This song told slaves to go into the water so that the dogs will lose your scent.
What is Wade in the Water?
200
This is what happened on the first leg of the transatlantic slave trade.
What is Europeans sailed to the Gold Coast of Africa with guns, mirrors and other goods Africans wanted that they traded in exchange for slaves?
200
This is what the Fugitive Slave Law said.
What is that runaway slaves were not free in states that were against slavery and, by law, had to be returned to their masters?
200
This is the definition of an abolitionist.
What is a person who works to end slavery?
200
This is how slaves were positioned as they traveled.
What is lying shoulder to shoulder?
200
This song was code for conductors on the Underground Railroad were heading south to lead you to freedom.
What is Sweet Chariot?
300
This is what happened on the second leg of the transatlantic slave route.
What is the Europeans loaded their ships with the slaves that had been kept in the forts and sailed to Brazil, the Carribean and the New World to trade the slaves for sugar, tobacco and other crops?
300
This is the type of weather slaves waited for before escaping.
What is a thunderstorm?
300
This man, who had been taught to read and write by his owner's wife, escaped to freedom where he wrote a book about his life as a slave and spoke to many audiences sharing his experiences. He was the most famous black man by the start of the Civil War.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
300
This is what slaves laid on during their journey.
What are platforms?
300
This song was sung to alert others that someone was getting ready to runaway.
What is Steal Away?
400
This is what happened on the third leg of the transatlantic slave trade.
What is the Europeans sailed back to Europe with the goods they had just acquired with plans to sell/trade with their countrymen?
400
This is what the Underground Railroad was.
What is a network of safe houses that helped slaves escape to freedom?
400
This woman escaped slavery and was the first black woman to win in a court of law. She went on to speak out about cruelty to slaves and women's rights.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
400
This is how much they were fed.
What is just enough to survive?
400
These are the reasons some historians believe slaves communicated through quilts.
What is a story was shared by Ozella McDaniels Williams that the poem and quilt patterns had been passed down by generations of women in her family?
500
This is the phrase used for the second leg of the transatlantic slave trade.
What is the middle passage?
500
This religious group was often found helping along the Underground Railroad.
Who are the Quakers?
500
This woman wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin which personalized the cruelty slaves faced in their daily lives.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
500
This is the percentage of slaves who did not survive the journey across the Atlantic Ocean.
What is 20%?
500
These are the reasons some historians don't believe slaves used quilts to communicate.
What is there are no remaining quilts today, it was never mentioned in any recording of slave interviews before the 1990s and people can't seem to agree on the meaning of the codes?
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