Slavery In North Carolina

What did North Carolina and other Southern states depend on in the early 1800s?

• Factories

• Slavery

• Tourism

• Oil

What are cash crops?

• Crops that are used for decoration

• Crops grown for money

• Crops that are traded for animals

• Crops grown in the winter

What is slavery?

• Paying people to work

• Helping people find jobs

About how many enslaved African Americans lived in North Carolina by 1840?

• 25,000

• 100,000

• 250,000

• 1 million

Where did some enslaved people try to escape to?

• Southern states

• Western territories

• Northern states

• Canada

What had already ended in the Northern states?

• Farming

• Slavery

• Railroads

• Wars

Who were abolitionists?

• People who owned slaves

• People who made laws

• People who fought wars

• People who wanted to end slavery

What does "abolish" mean?

• To start something

• To change something

• To end something

• To fix something

What did many abolitionists do to help enslaved people?

• Bought them land

• Gave them money

Who was Levi Coffin?

• A slave owner

• A governor

• A Quaker abolitionist

• A general