Background
That part of Guinea, Africa, that extends along the coast from Senegal to Angola, where the trade for slaves is carried on and birthed our main character, Olaudah Equiano.
Kingdom of Benin or Oboe Province
This incident led to Equiano abandoning his escape plans.
What is killing a chicken with a pebble?
This 1662 law declared that a child’s legal status—free or enslaved—would follow that of their mother.
(Virginia or Louisiana)
What is the Virginia Act XII law?
The year first Africans arrived in Virginia
What is 1619?
The number of enslaved Africans were brought to the New World between 1526 and 1867 as part of the Atlantic slave trade?(in millions)
What is 12.5 million?
Signifies "fortune" and "one favoured"
What is Olaudah's name-meaning?
This specific amount of what allowed the purchase of Olaudah from a certain wealthy widow.
What are shells?
Enacted in 1724, this code forbade enslaved individuals in (Louisiana or South Carolina) from marrying without their master’s consent.
What is the Louisiana Code Noir?
This was the primary crop grown in the Caribbean during Equiano's time-period.
What is sugar?
In what year did the United States' official ban on the importation of enslaved Africans take effect?
What is 1808?
Includes spinning and weaving cotton, manufacturing earthen vessels and tobacco pipes this industry is somewhat familiar to Iowans.
What is Agriculture?
This orbiting body also known as the what allows Olaudah to orient himself for his escape.
What is the sun?
A 1740 code in (Louisiana or South Carolina) prohibited enslaved people from assembling, earning money, or owning property without a white person present.
What is the South Carolina Slave Code?
DAILY DOUBLE: The time it takes for sugarcane to grow and become ripe?
What is 14-18 months?
How many of the original 13 colonies allowed slavery at some point prior to the Revolutionary War?
What is 13?
DAILY DOUBLE: Both sexes bear this fabric that is usually dyed blue and draped around the body in a robe-like fashion.
What is muslin or calico?
Equiano confused snow with this substance that could be used to remove wrinkles from apples or in Roman times used as currency.
What is salt?
(Georgia or South Carolina) Made it illegal to teach enslaved individuals to read and write, aiming to prevent the spread of abolitionist ideas and potential uprisings.
What is South Carolina Slavery Code?
The animal Equiano saw see near the ship that neighed like horses.
What are sea-horses?
Approximately how many people were enslaved at the beginning of the Civil War? being that 9.1 million people lived in Confederate States?
What is 4 million?
In Africa, enslaved people could potentially gain positions of power or even enslave others, and their children could be born free. But this specific type of American-made form makes enslaved status permanent and hereditary.
What is American chattel slavery?
This major conflict was occurring the time Equiano was serving his time as a enslaved sailor.
What is the Seven Years' War?
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An event that reminded Equiano of the primitive Christians he had read about in scripture
How many children did Olaudah Equiano have? (ties both teams get points)
What are the two daughters named Anna Maria and Joanna?