Social Classes Review

Who were usually Indentured Servants?

• Young men and women in their teens

• Older men and women

• Middle aged men looking for jobs

• Young slaves looking for freedom

How did Indentured Servants get to the colonies?

• They borrowed money from land owners and signed a contract to work for them

• They paid the plantation owners to let them work

• They came here on ships from Africa and were sold to landowners

• They came by airplane from Europe

What were "freedom dues" for Indentured Servants?

• Money given to them after they have finished working

• Extra money that they had to pay the landowners

• Taxes that they had to pay the county governments

Who were the enslaved African Americans?

• People who were captured and sold to slave traders

• People who wished to purchase land

• People who wanted to have freedom of religion

Where did the Enslaved African Americans come from?

• Shipped from Africa to the colonies

• Shipped from Europe from the colonies

• Came from Europe to own land

• Came from India to the colonies

What happened to the Africans when they arrived in America?

• They were sold at slavery auctions

• They were distributed equally among plantation owners

• They were treated with kindness

• They got to choose where to work

How were slaves different from Indentured Servants?

• Slaves were owned for life

• Slaves were paid to work

• Slaves worked to own land

• Slaves worked on multiple plantations at a time

What could happen to Enslaved African American families?

• They could be sold and torn from their families

• They could eventually earn money and own land

• They could be sent up North

• They could be sent back to Africa

Which group was considered "property" of their owner?

• Slaves

• Indentured Servants

• Artisans

• Farmer

Where were most of the Free African American?

• North

• South

• East

• West