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The Revolutionary War
Slavery and the Constitution
Life of an Enslaved Person
Frederick Douglass
Resistance to Enslavement
100

Black colonists who were not enslaved were called this.

Free Blacks 

100
Before the writing of the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence was the nation's founding document. Which future President and slaveholder authored this document?

Thomas Jefferson

100

The work of an enslaved person was managed by this person.

Overseer

100

Douglass lived with this person as a child.

Grandmother

100

A form of resisted that included masked messages between enslaved people.

Coded Language

200

The term for those who supported the British in the American Revolution.

Loyalists

200

In his first version of this document, King George of England was accused of treating colonists as if they were slaves. 

Declaration of Independence

200

The use of phrases such as "buck" are an example of this aspect of the master/slave relationship.

Dehumanization 

200

Douglass believed this to be the pathway to freedom.

Education 

200

This man's rebellion led to the death of over 50 people and resulted in his execution.

Nat Turner

300

Those who supported the colonists in the American Revolution. 

Patriots 

300

For many of the Framer's this was a more important task than addressing slavery.

Creating a unified nation

300

This wedding tradition included leaping over this cleaning object.

Jumping the Broom 
300

This person taught Douglass his ABCs

His master's wife

300

Faking illness was an example of this type of resistance.

Covert

400

This region of the U.S. had the largest number of free black communities.

South 

400

This compromise at the Constitutional Convention determined that slaves would be counted as a portion of the population.

3/5 Compromise 

400

Enslaved people were often given food on a monthly basis and clothing on a yearly basis. This conservation of resources is called what?

Rationing 

400

In which state was Douglass enslaved?

Maryland

400

Running away is an example of this type of resistance.

Direct/Overt 

500
For enslaved people this was an incentive to join the American Revolution.

They were promised freedom

500

One of the compromises made at the Constitutional Convention was to table the discussion of this, which was eventually outlawed in 1808.

The importation of slaves into the U.S. 

500

This is the term used to describe the sale of enslaved people within the U.S. 

Domestic Slave Trade 

500

Douglass witnessed this person being punished regularly.

His aunt 

500

These were often passed in response to slave rebellions.

Slave Codes