Slavery in Virginia

In the years before the Civil War in some counties in Virginia enslaved African Americans were the majority.

• True

• False

People living in what part of Virginia didn't use slavery for labor and, as a result, had different interests?

• South

• West

• North

• East

One aspect of life that was not controlled by whites was...

• Movement

• Education

• Religion

• All of these

African American folklore often featured tricksters who used wit and cleverness instead of...

• Law

• Morality

• Power

• Auhority

What type of song was used as form of resistance?

• Sorrow songs

• Satirical songs

• Field hollers

• All of these

Some believe that who used the song "Wade in the Water" as a message for enslaved African Americans planning to escape?

• Harriett Tubman

• Isabella Sojourner Truth

• Frederick Douglass

• None of these

Slave owners lived in fear of what?

• Slave resistance through taking of food

• Slave resistance through working slower

• Slave resistance through revolt

• All of these

Slave Codes included rules prohibiting:

• Movement

• Education

• Meeting in groups

• All of these

In what year was the international slave trade (shipping of slaves from Africa) outlawed?

• 1865

• 1863

• 1864

• 1808

What was the largest slave-trading center in the Upper South?

• Raleigh, NC

• Richmond, VA

• Norfolk, VA

• Savannah, GA