Indentured Servants & Middle Passage

What was the ship captain's MAIN goal?

• Pack ships full for more money
• Invest in quality food for slaves
• Navigating a direct route for a fast trip
• Having enough life boats in case of storms

People who worked for others for paying their way to America

• Slaves
• Crew Members
• Indentured Servants
• Poor Farmers

The COMPLETE definition of the Middle Passage is

• Trip from Africa to America
• Carried Slaves on Ship
• Part of the Triangular Trade
• All Answers are Correct

After completing their work contract, Indentured Servants hoped to get:

• a cow
• a medal
• Free
• Land

Indentured Servants came from which Continent?

• North America
• Africa
• Europe
• Asia

Olaudah Equiano is best known for writing about a slave’s perspective of the Middle Passage. 

• True
• False

What was the length of an indentured servants work contract?

• 4-7 Years
• 6-9 Years
• 1-4 Years
• 3-9 Years

“I eat where I sleep to stay healthy, but I can barely move and my bed sores torture me every minute.”

Describe the author’s PERSPECTIVE? (who does this sound like?)

• An Indentured Servant
• A Ship's Crew Member
• An African Slave
• A Captain of a Ship

“I eat where I sleep to stay healthy, but I can barely move and my bed sores torture me every minute.”

What text evidence makes you believe this is a perspective of a SLAVE or African on the Middle Passage?

• I eat where I sleep… 
• …I can barely move…
•  …my bed sores torture me…
• All answers are correct

Which statement is True of Slavery in the Americas?

• Children of slaves are generally set free
• Slaves were allowed freedom after 4-7 years
• Slaves that made it to America were slaves for life
• Answers B and C are correct