Chapter 1: Early Life

Complete the sentence: Little _____ was placed on slaves as human beings.

• property

• value

• voice

• freedom

What could Minty expect as a black female slave? Answer: A lifetime of _____

• hard labor

• rumors

• violence

• slavery

What two things did Tubman say she had a right to?

• treatment

• liberty

• death

• destiny

Complete the sentence: State law declared that any child born to a slave was _____ a slave.

• uncontrollably

• suddenly

• automatically

• generally

What did severe beatings leave on Minty's body? (1)

Which answer(s) best describes Harriet Tubman? Answer: She was _____

• feisty

• cruel

• smart

• strong

What did Minty suffer throughout her life as a result of being hit in the head?

• seizures

• headaches

• narcolepsy

• loneliness

Complete the sentence: Slaves were not allowed to learn how to _____

• marry

• read

• write

• weave

Why did Minty finally decide to escape? Answer: Fear of _____ treatment in the South

• harsher

• enslaved

• experienced

• deserved

Definition: a farm on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and cotton are grown