Chapter 13 Slavery in the United States

Module 15 Lesson #1 Beginnings of Slavery in the Americas

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Multiple Choice

What amendment made slavery illegal in the U.S.?

• 12th

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

The Need for a New Labor Force

• Up to 90% of Native Americans (N.A.) died from diseases brought over from Europe so there were not a lot of N.A. to enslave

• Those N.A. that were enslaved often ran away since they knew the land better than the Europeans

• Spain and Portugal had large sugar plantations in the Americas and needed labor that could withstand the heat of the tropics and European Diseases

• The Large tobacco plantations in the English colony of Virginia also needed labor to make money

• Europe begin importing slaves from Africa by the millions because Africa had already withstood the disease brought by Europe and they were immune to most of those diseases and these slaves were used to working in hot climates

Multiple Select

Why were Africans used as slaves instead of N.A.? (Pick 3)

• Many N.A. died of European diseases and there were not enough of them

• Africans were used to working in the hot climates where their labor was needed

• N.A. fought off the Europeans and gained their freedom by treaty

• Africans were already immune to European diseases

Multiple Choice

The difference between and indentured servant and a slave is an indentured servant will eventually be set free after they have fulfilled their contract.

• True

• False

The Slave Trade

• In the 600s Arab Muslims began enslaving Africans and selling them throughout the region

• In 1510, Spain legalized the selling of slaves and in 1518 the first cargo ship full of slaves from Africa arrive in the Americas

• Over the next 100 years over a million African slaves were brought to the New World by the Spanish and Portuguese

• The Dutch and English also began trading in slaves as well

Multiple Select

Which of the following European countries were involved in the slave trade? (Pick 4)

• Spain

• Portugal

• England

• Germany

• Dutch

The Middle Passage

• Most slaves were captured and sold by other Africans

• Powerful African chiefs would capture surrounding enemies and sell them to the Europeans for food, guns, and tools

• The Middle Passage was the path taken by slave ships to the Americas

• The living conditions for the slaves on these ships were horrible

• Many slaves died from diseases, suicide, and suffocation

Multiple Choice

The Middle Passage was the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean that enslaved Africans were forced to endure

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

How many slaves were moved from old states to new states in the 19th Century?

• 500,000

• 1,000,000

• 1,500,000

• 2,000,000

African Diaspora

• Over 340 years 12 million Africans were brought across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas

• African Diaspora is the scattering of the African people all over the world

• 4 million slaves were brought to Brazil

• 2 million slaves were brought to Spanish colonies

• 3 million slaves were brought to British and French colonies in Central America and the Caribbean Islands

• 600,000 were brought to the English colonies in North America

Multiple Choice

Where did most slaves go when brought to the New World?

• Caribbean

• North America

• Central America

• South America

The Enslaved Fight Back

• Slaves had few rights in the colonies

• Slaves were considered property and could be sold at will and disciplined as the owner saw fit

• Slave owners had to give shelter, food, and clothing to their slaves

• Sometimes slaves would fight back

• Stono Rebellion several plantations were burned and 20 whites were killed and over 100 slaves lost their lives

• Slave codes were passed to keep owners from educating their slaves and letting their slaves leave the plantation without a pass

• Owners could be fined and or put in jail for violating the Slave Codes

Multiple Choice

Did slaves have many rights?

• No

• Yes

Multiple Choice

Free African Americans has the same rights as white Americans back in the 1800's.

• True

• False