Slavery in the Colonies

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Many slaves worked on large farms called ______.

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plantations

Front

Capturing, transporting, and selling people is called the 

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slave trade

Front

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

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Middle Passage

Front

Most slaves in history have been taken from this continent: Europe, North America, Africa, Asia

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Africa

Front

If a mother was a slave, her child was:

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A slave for life

Front

Slaves were put on _______ and brought to Carolina.

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ships

Front

What was the legal status of slaves in the United States?

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property

Front

Why did Southerners who did not own slaves support slavery?

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They knew that the Southern economy depended on slave labor.

Front

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

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As an escaped slave, she guided slaves from the South to freedom.

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A person who wanted to see a complete end to slavery

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abolitionist