Slavery in the Colonies

Europeans solved the problem of labor-intensive tobacco growing by using ___________.

• highly paid skilled labor
• sericulture
• slavery
• family members

The Atlantic crossing in the slave trade was known as the ___________.

• Bermuda Triangle
• Slave Passage
• Middle Passage
• Triangle Trial

The law outlawing all slavery and indentured servitude in the United States is the __________.

• 13th amendment
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Supreme Slavery Rule
• Navigation Act

Colonial slaves commonly endured ___________.

• high pay, luxury accommodations, feather beds
• beatings, punishments, long hours, little food
• British tea, slow horses, long hours
• gold mining, avocado growing, loud music

Benjamin Banneker was the son of slaves and a __________.

• surveyor, singer, plantation owner
• writer, printer, candle maker
• mathematician, astronomer, writer

America's first free African American settlement was ___________.

• Fort Mose
• Castillo de San Marcos
• Miami
• Orlando

Songs originated by Colonial African slaves are called ___________.

• Spirituals
• Rock and Roll
• Jazz
• Swing

The boss of slaves working in the plantation fields was the ___________.

• Undertaker
• Overseer
• Overlord
• Undertower

What was the daily life like for a slave in the Colonies?

• Everyone that could walk worked.  They sang to keep up spirits.  Were beaten if worked too slowly.
• It wasn't too bad for most slaves. Most of them lived good lives and were taken care of.
• Slaves often used Indians to help them find a way to escape slavery.
• Most slaves got to stay with their families and live in nice houses.  They ate big meals.

List each point of the trade triangle. In parentheses next to the places list one item that was traded at that point.

• Great Britain (guns and ammo), Africa (slaves), America (cotton)
• Russia (wheat), Africa (slaves) South America (cocoa)
• Australia (slaves), China (silk), Europe (guns and ammo)
• America (coffee), India (pottery), Japan (samurai swords)