Life of a slave

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What does consent means?

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Approval

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Which one is NOT the meaning of resist: To fight against, To oppose, Withstand, Allow?

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Allow

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What kinds of jobs did slaves do?

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House slaves cooked, cleaned, and took care of their owner’s children.

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Who was Nat Turner, and what did he do?

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Nat Turner was a Virginia slave who led a rebellion in which fifty-five people were killed.

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What does deliverance mean?

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The action of rescuing someone or setting them free

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How did slaves keep their African traditions alive?

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They told stories and folk tales handed down from earlier generations. They practiced African music, dancing, and religious traditions.

Front

How did slaves use code words and disguise their resistance to their owners?

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By using stories from the Bible, slaves fooled their owners into thinking they were singing about religion and not their personal dreams of freedom.

Front

Which of one these statements is incorrect:
Slaves had the right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.
Slaves worked on cotton plantations.
Slaves were bought by the slave masters.
Sometimes the children of slaves were separated from their parents.

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Slaves had the right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.

Front

Which one of these statements is correct?
Options:
Slaves only worked for 2 hours per day.
Slaves could not leave the plantation without their owner’s permission.
Slaves owned part of their master's property.
Slaves were never mistreated.

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Slaves could not leave the plantation without their owner’s permission