Combating Myths about American Slavery

Enslavers spent as little money as possible providing food, shelter and medical care to enslaved people.

• True

• False

Only people who owned slaves profited from slavery.

• True

• False

Enslaved people only worked on farms.

• True

• False

The enslaved people who worked as skilled workers like stonemasons and bricklayers were paid and given credit for their work.

• True

• False

The White House was built by enslaved laborers.

• True

• False

Even some people who did not own slaves profited from slavery.

• True

• False

In the mid 1800s, the economy of the Southern US was based upon cotton.

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• False

There was no connection between cotton farming and slavery in the Unites States.

• True

• False

In the 1800s, every white person in the South was a slave owner.

• True

• False

In the 1800s, some rich people's wealth was in the form of enslaved people.

• True

• False