Vocabulary
When someone hits another person again and again
What is "Beating"
1865
What is "Slavery was abolished and made illegal all over the USA"
They gathered cotton
What is "Field slaves"
So many slaves survived the journey across the sea
What is 80%
The status of being a citizen of a country
What is "Citizenship"
1804
What is "The Northern states abolished slavery"
They cooked and cleaned
The common crops
Making someone feel very ashamed or foolish
What is "Humiliation"
1808
What is "The U.S. Congress made the import of enslaved Africans illegal"
They kept the slaves in line
Two reasons the slaves died on the ships
What is sickness and discipline
Officially ending something, e.g. slavery
What is "Abolition"
1793
What is "The invention of the cotton gin"
They worked from sunrise till sunset
What is "Field slaves"
Two resources often traded for slaves
Being freed from slavery
What is "Emancipation"
1619
What is "The first enslaved Africans arrived in Virginia"
They prepared the food but couldn't eat it themselves
What is "House slaves"
The duration of the Atlantic slave trade