Slavery in the South

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Colonial slaves commonly endured ___________.

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beatings, punishments, long hours, little food

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What were the major items grown in the South that used slave labor for cash crops? Options: tobacco and corn, cotton and wheat, cotton and corn, tobacco and cotton

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tobacco and cotton

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An abolitionist is ...

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a person who wanted to end slavery

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What was the invention that transformed the South?

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cotton gin

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Because of cotton farming in the South,

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slavery became an institution in the South

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Slaves were captured in: Africa, Asia, Europe, Mexico

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Africa

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Laws designed to control slaves (literacy, families, etc)

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slave codes

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This is the forced migration of millions of captured and enslaved people from Africa to the Americas.

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Slave Trade

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If a mother was a slave, her child was:

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A slave for life

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

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property