Life in the South (S.S./7.2) + Video

The iron devices, used to bind the hands and feet of enslaved Africans, were called __________.

• shackles

• handcuffs

• iron sleves

• wrist rings

The first Africans in the English colonies most likely arrived in __________ in 1619.

• Virginia

• Maryland

• Georgia

• Pennsylvania

By the mid 1700s, slavery was legal in every colony. The laws said that children born to enslaved people were also enslaved.

• True

• False

In the colonies, the slavery laws also stated that enslaved families were not to be broken up. If a mother or father is sold at a slave auction, the children of the sold parent had to be bought as well in order to keep the family together.

• True

• False

In the Southern Colonies, where did most enslaved Africans work?

• On plantations

• In grist mills

• On the docks of port cities

• In silversmith shops

Enslaved people were not free to speak out against slavery, but they still resisted it. Which of the following were ways slaves resisted their enslavement?

• They broke tools on purpose.

• They would pretend to be sick and unable to work.

• They would work slowly.

• The would run away.

Enslaved people tried to deal with their hardships by keeping their culture alive. In what ways did enslaved Africans perpetuate their customs and traditions?

• They told familiar stories.

• They sang traditional songs.

• They played music on African instruments like the gourd banjo or finger piano.

• The prepared and cooked food similar to meals they would prepare in Africa.

The economy of the Southern Plantations was based mostly on...

• plantations.

• fishing.

• ship building.

• whaling.

The cash crops produced by enslaved workers made some __________ the richest people in the Southern Colonies.

• planters

• overseers

• farmers

• sailors

Plantation owners often hired a(n) __________ to watch enslaved people as they worked.

• overseer

• planter

• house slave

• apprentice