Slavery History
The first enslaved people came to America in this year
1619
This abolitionist used the Underground Railroad to lead hundreds to safety
Harriet Tubman
Slaves moved from this continent to this continet
Africa to America
Cash crops
This compromise said that the slave trade could not be banned by Congress until 1808
The Slave Trade Compromise
Most of the enslaved population in the United States came from this continent
Africa
This abolitionist escaped slavery in Maryland, moved to Massachusetts and began to give anti-slavery speeches that changed public opinion before the Civil War
Frederick Douglass
The journey from Africa to America (the Middle Passage) took how long?
4-6 months
This invention made producing cotton much cheaper and quicker, leading to an increase in slavery
Cotton Gin
This law said that anyone suspected of being an escaped slave must be captured and returned to their enslaver
Fugitive Slave Act
The trade routes that took slaves from Africa to America, raw goods from America to Europe and manufactured goods from Europe to Africa was called....
The Triangular Trade
This enslaved person who believed he could communicate with God led a rebellion which killed multiple slave owning families in the South
Nat Turner
True or false: African kings would sell Africans from other tribes into slavery, making it easier for slave traders to find people to enslave
True
This law said that for every 5 white people counted in the population, 3 black people would be counted
3/5 Compromise
Which two famous Founding Fathers owned slaves?
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson
This abolitionist fought in Bleeding Kansas before attempting to form an army of enslaved people beginning in Harper's Ferry
John Brown
Raw goods (cash crops) were taken from this continent to this continent
America to Europe
These groups would patrol plantations and make sure slaves were doing their jobs and not breaking any rules
Overseers/slave patrols
These laws controlled what slaves were allowed to do including meeting in groups, being off the plantation and getting married
Slave codes
The journey from Africa to the Americas was known as...
The Middle Passage
This president is called "The Great Emancipator" and is credited with ending slavery in the United States
Abraham Lincoln
Europe to Africa
Plantation labor was split between two groups of slaves, one who would work in the field and the other who would work in...
The slave master's house
True or False: The US government took taxes off the selling of slaves, making a profit from the slave trade
True