This legendary philosopher first posited the theory of 'natural slavery.'
What is Aristotle?
100
These ancient institutions were the Roman precursor to the massive slave plantations of the antebellum South.
What is "Latifundiae"?
100
This ex-slave went on to write Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.
Who is Harriet Jacobs?
100
This Pulitzer-winning author wrote Beloved and The Bluest Eye.
Who is Toni Morrison?
100
This clever slave is the main character in the play/film A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
Who is Pseudolus?
200
In Athens, these often-educated consorts kept the company of high-level statesmen, including Perikles.
What is "Hetaira"?
200
Throughout the later Roman Empire and Middle Ages, these quasi-slaves were tied to the land in a feudal system of patronage.
What is "coloni"?
200
Pro-slavery southerners accused the North of perpetuating this insidious form of bondage.
What is wage slavery?
200
Ira Berlin postulates this group of slave as being the first who "grasped the promise of freedom."
What is the Revolutionary Generation?
200
The name of the fictionalized senator who frees Varinia and commits suicide at the end of the 1960 film Spartacus.
Who is Gracchus?
300
This important aspect of North American slavery was notably absent from the ancient institution, although poor translations of Aristotle suggested that "physical markings" could be used to identify a slavish person.
What is racialization?
300
This Roman playwright wrote Eunuchus.
Who is Terence?
300
This founding father, though he owned many slaves himself, was criticized by pro-slavery southerners for pervading the Constitution with the "specious theories" of Locke and Paine.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
300
This Nigerian ex-slave recounts the horrific middle passage in his narrative.
Who is Olaudah Equiano?
300
The subject of the Up Pompeii episode we watched for class.
What is Vestal Virgins?
400
Delphi was a popular spot for inscriptions of this kind.
What is manumission?
400
The Latin word for slave, "servus", is a derivative of the verb "servare." What does this verb mean in English?
What is "to save"?
400
This 1787 resolution counted slaves as 'fractional' constituents for the purpose of congressional representation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
400
This southerner wrote to Frederic Douglass to suggest that he re-submit to slavery.
Who is George Fitzhugh?
400
This gladiator appears in both the 1960 film and the 2010 television adaptation of Spartacus. In the TV show, he is Lucretia's favorite.
Who is Crixus?
500
This word, meaning literally "child", was used as a diminutive to refer to Greek slaves.
What is "pais"?
500
This slave job was to serve as the foreman of the villa rustica.
What is "vilicus"?
500
This 1850 legislation required residents of free states to assist in the capture and return of escaped slaves.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
500
Sherley Anne Williams wrote this modern story of a slave woman's plight.
What is Dessa Rose?
500
This famous director's early work includes the 1960 film Spartacus.