Indentured Servants to Slavery

Who were the first laborers in Virginia

• slaves

• indentured servants

• farmers

What is an indentured servant

• a person who works for no money to live off the land.

• a person who works for 20 years to pay off a dept.

• a person who works for 7 years to pay back their passage to America

• a person who serves their master to live for free.

Who brought African Slaves to America

• Spain and Portugal

• England

• France

• Spain and England

What is the name given to the part of the Triangle Trade that transported the slaves to

the colonies?

• The slave trade

• The slave passage

• The middle passage

• The African slave trade

Why did slavery take root in the Southern colonies?

• The shipbuilding industry

• The plantation system

• The manufacturing industry

• The grain farms

What were the slave codes?

• strict laws that limited slaves rights and freedoms

• codes to identify slaves and their owners

• laws to ensure slaves had some freedom

• rules to govern the slave trade

The conditions on the Middle Passage were

• cramped and crowded

• deadly

• dirty and unsanitary

• all of the above

The first Africans in Jamestown were treated..

• poorly

• as slaves

• as servants

• as savages