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51. In 1705, this colonial legislature made slave code into a law that read: “All servants imported or brought into this country by sea or land who were not Christians in their native country shall be accounted and be slaves.” The legislature also defined “slaves as property or as real estate,” stating that Virginia owners can “bequeath their slaves”. The same law allowed masters to “kill and destroy” runaways. It restricted slaves and free colored people from physically assaulting white persons and denied slaves the right to bear arms or move abroad without written permission. Name the colony.
What is Virginia
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56. In 1739 in Stono, South Carolina near Charleston, Cato led a slave uprising. About 30 whites were killed and more than 30 blacks were killed for participating in the revolt. This uprising increased fears of further revolts and severe slave codes were imposed in many colonies, particularly in South Carolina and Georgia. One reason for the revolt was the desire of blacks to flee from South Carolina and get to a place that offered them freedom and land. To where were the enslaved Africans trying to escape?
What is Florida
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61. This black woman from Senegal was sold to a tailor in Boston, Massachusetts. She learned to read and write and before she was 20 years old, had achieved some fame as a poet. She gained her freedom in 1772, made a trip to London to read her poems, and in 1773, became the first African American woman to publish a book of poetry. Her book was entitled Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. Among her other works are: “To the University of Cambridge in New England,” “To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty,” “On the Death of Rev. Dr. Sewall,” and “An Elegiac Poem, on the Death of the Celebrated Divine. . . George Whitefield.” Who was this poet?
What is Phillis Wheatley
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66. This soldier was one of 5,000 African Americans who served with the Patriots during the American Revolution. He was the commander of an all black unit of the Massachusetts militia called “Bucks of America.” After the war in 1796, he organized the African Benevolent Society to provide financial relief and job placement for its members, and in 1808, published an anti-slavery statement with Prince Hall. Name him.
What is George Middleton
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71. This black person fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775. He later petitioned the Massachusetts legislature to help him and others return to Africa. This is considered the first recorded attempt by free blacks to return home. He later becomes the first African American to join a Masonic Order. Later, he established his own order that has a membership of over 250,000 today. Name him.
What is Prince Hall
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52. This important port city was founded by the French in 1718 and later was transferred to the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase. By 1820, blacks (both free and enslaved) were about half of its population, and its exports were the second largest in the country. In the late 1830s and early 1840s, the city's exports were greater than those of New York. What was this important city and what was the major product exported through its port?
What is New Orleans; cotton
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57. In 1740, which colony had the largest number of enslaved black people? Virginia, 60,000 Which colony had the largest proportion of enslaved black people in their total population?
What is South Carolina, two-thirds of the population
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62. In January 1773, a group of enslaved Africans petitioned the governor of this colony for their freedom. They wrote: "We have no property! We have no wives! No children! We have no city! No country!" In which colony did these men petition for their freedom?
What is Massachusetts
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67. This black soldier served with honor and distinction in Col. Fry's regiment of the Revolutionary War. A document signed by 13 of his superiors noted that he "in the late battle in Charlestown, behaved like an experienced officer, as well as an excellent soldier. The rewards due to so great and distinguished a character, we submit to the Congress." Name the soldier.
What is Salem Poor
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72. In 1776, New York and other colonies passed a ‘Draft Substitution” law regarding serv- ice in the Continental Army. What did this law allow?
What is A white person could send a black person, an enslaved African, or free black to serve in his place.
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53. In 1720, molasses from the West Indies was transported to colonial ports where it was made into rum and shipped to Africa in exchange for enslaved Africans. What city in Rhode Island had more than 22 factories making rum to be shipped to Africa?
What is Newport In 1720, approximately how much did it cost to buy an enslaved African in Africa? 100 to 200 gallons of rum (valued at about $50 or $60)
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58. Near the Chesapeake Bay during early colonial time, enslaved Africans built roads on which large wooden barrels, called "hogsheads," full of tobacco would be rolled to ships waiting at piers. One of these roads in Baltimore County, Maryland is still identified as such after more than 200 years. Name it.
What is Rolling Road
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63. Between 1770 and 1775, as many as 4,000 enslaved Africans arrived annually in Charleston, South Carolina. All were held for several weeks on nearby Sullivan’s Island, a quarantine station designed to prevent the spread of diseases and epidemics from overseas. So many enslaved people arrived here that Sullivan Island became known as what?
What is “the Ellis Island of Black America”
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68. A distinguished Philadelphia physician and chemistry professor published An Address to the Inhabitants of the British Settlements in America, Upon Slavekeeping (1773). As an early opponent of slavery, he charged that any "vices which are charged upon the Negroes in the southern colonies and West Indies . . .are the genuine offspring of slavery." He was also a founder of this country, being a signatory of the Declaration of Independence and attended the Continental Congress. As with other founders of the country, he was a slaveholder. Name this physician.
What is Benjamin Rush
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73. What important document originally had a section that denounced slavery, but was deleted before the document was adopted in 1776?
What is The Declaration of Independence
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54. This colony was established as a barrier between the British in the Carolinas and the Spanish in Florida. This colony’s proprietors initially believed slavery was unsound and unprofitable, and they restricted the importation of enslaved Africans. Name it. Georgia However, once enslaved blacks were in these colonies, many enslaved tried to escape to Florida because of a Spanish law passed in 1733. What did the law state?
What is Enslaved Africans who escaped to Spanish territory would be considered free.
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59. The first African American church (under African American leadership) was established in 1773 or “a year or two before the Revolutionary War” in this southern city. It was established on “Mr. Galphin's estate.” Rev. David George, who was one of the con- stituent members, was the first regular pastor of this church. Name the church and the city and state where it was located?
What is Silver Bluff Church, Silver Bluff, South Carolina
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64. This enslaved runaway black person was among the first to die in the American Revolution. He died on March 5, 1770 during the Boston massacre when British troops fired into an unruly crowd in Boston. Those who died in this event were buried in a common grave in Boston’s Old Granary Burial Ground. In 1888, Boston erected a monument to the heroes of the massacre in the City’s Public Garden. While there is little known about the first patriot to be killed in the massacre, some scholars believe that he worked as a harpoonist on a whaling ship before arriving in Boston. His life is a reminder that the African American experience is a heritage that starts with the beginning of America. Name this black patriot.
What is Crispus Attucks
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69. In 1775, the first society founded to work for the abolition of slavery occurred in this American city. It was called the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery whose specific mission was to work toward abolishing slavery in the colony and to protect free blacks from being sold into slavery. Benjamin Franklin was one of the founders. Name the city where the society was formed?
What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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74. This free black settlement was one of the earliest in America. In 1777, Cato Howe and three other Revolutionary War black veterans received 94 acres of land where they built homes and lived out their lives. Name the settlement and the colony where it was located.
What is Parting Ways, near Plymouth, Massachusetts
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55. Benjamin Banneker was known as a scientist, astronomer, and surveyor, but he, too, was an inventor. What was his major invention that was probably the first of its kind to be built in the United States?
What is wooden clock
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60. In 1773, Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable, a black man from Haiti, was the first merchant and the first settler in this area. He set up permanent residence and a fur trading business along a river near Lake Michigan. In 1833, this place had 200 residents and incorporated as a village. It eventually grew to become one of the great cities of the world. Name the city founded at this site.
What is Chicago, Illinois
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65. During the American Revolution (1775-1783), many black men fought for the colonies and a larger number fought for the British. This was not the first time that black men had been soldiers. They served in the French and Indian Wars (1689-1763) and were members of various colonial militias. They enlisted in these wars with the hope that freedom for the colonies would also mean an end to slavery or their personal freedom. They were soldiers at the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Peter Salem fired the fatal shot killing the British Commander at Bunker Hill. Approximately how many black men fought for the colonies during the American Revolution?
What is 5,000
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70. In the 1770s, it is claimed that nine of the ten richest men in the colonies either came from or resided in what colony? South Carolina How did they earn their money?
What is from plantation agriculture (most likely growing rice)
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75. Several colonies took steps to abolish slavery between 1777 and 1784. This colony was the first to do so by prohibiting slavery in the constitution it adopted in 1777. Name it.
What is Vermont