TCI Chapter 8 Facing Slavery

Which is the best example of a dilemma West Africans faced?

• how to visit nearby villages

• where to find camel caravans

• whether to trade people for guns

• when to sing songs and tell stories

Which of these was true of most West Africans in the 1500's?

• They spoke the same language.

• They were long-distance traders.

• They were captured and enslaved.

• They valued family and ancestors.

Where were most slaves in the West Indies and British North America put to work?

• gold and silver mines

• household kitchens

• grain and textile mills

• sugar and tobacco plantations

Slaves on a slave ship in the Middle Passage had a lot of

• living space.

• daily exercise.

• serious illness.

• successful revolts.

When Africans captured in the slave trade arrived in the American colonies, they were first

• reunited with family members.

• sold at scrambles or slave auctions.

• taught English so they could follow orders.

• told by the ship's captain where they would work.

What was an overseer's main job?

• to evaluate the price of slaves

• to supervise the work of slaves

• to teach slaves to use new tools

• to help slaves escape the North

Why did some slaves pretend not to understand what they were told to do?

• It was a form of resistance.

• It spared their friends' feelings.

• It helped them learn English.

• It allowed them to buy freedom.

In general, which slaves had the hardest life?

• field workers

• house servants

• skilled carpenters

• kitchen gardeners

Which of these was a way slaves coped with their ordeal?

• They went to school to learn to read and write.

• They sang spirituals as they worked in the fields.

• They cooked and baked rich foods for their meals.

• They took long breaks between tasks throughout the day.

In his autobiography, Frederick Douglass wrote about

• the invention of the cotton gin.

• benefits of slavery to the South.

• his experience on the Middle Passage.

• how slaves had to work in all types of weather.