Slavery Vocab '23

Many slaves worked on large farms called ______.

• plantations

• villages

• farms

• mills

This enslaved person’s journey from Africa to the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean on a slave-trading ship.

• Middle Passage

• Triangular trade

• Slave trade

• Journey

Racism

• Hating another person

• disgust towards a different group of people that are not the same color as you

• the belief that different races possess distinct characteristics, abilities, or qualities, especially so as to distinguish them as inferior or superior to one another.

• belief that one group of people are better than another group of people and should be in charge of all other groups.

What was the Underground Railroad?

• A secret tunnel that led from the South to Canada
• A single path that led from the South to the North for slaves to escape
• A train that secretly transported slaves at night
• A series of safe houses/ helpers who assisted runaway slaves

Which is true of free Blacks living in both the North and South?

• Faced discrimination and racism
• They were treated just like everyone else
• They were safe because they were free
• They lived pretty easy lives

Which of the following is an example of slave resistance?

• Saying yes when asked to work
• Working faster
• Pretending to be sick
• Volunteering to do more work

What is an abolitionist?

• Someone who wants to abolish or end slavery.
• Someone who wants to end voting for slaves.
• Someone who doesn't want to work with slaves.
• Someone who wants to punish slaves.

What did Harriet Tubman’s work with the Underground Railroad involve?

• As a freed slave, she led others to take a stand against slave owners.
• As a freed slave, she bought slaves and then gave them their freedom.
• As an escaped slave, she guided slaves from the South to freedom.
• As an escaped slave, she opened a school for those who traveled to Canada.

segregation

• separate based on race

• separate but equal

• all inclusive

• slavery

June 19, 1865; the date slaves were declared free

• end of the Civil War

• Juneteenth

• 4th of July

• Julyteenth