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The impact of Emancipation in Bermuda

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In what year were all British colonies emancipated from slavery ?

a)

1534

b)

1834

c)

1734

d)

1634

2.

How many emancipation bills were passed in Bermuda?

a)

5

b)

10

c)

12

d)

2

3.

The first act did what?

a)

Compensated former slave owners

b)

Compensated former slaves

c)

Freed all slaves

d)

Compensated all slaves

4.

The second Emancipation Act did what?

a)

Compensated former slaves

b)

Repealed 200 years of discriminatory laws against blacks

c)

Educated the newly freed people

d)

Made former slave owners apologize to the former slaves

5.

What did the second Act give to former slave owners?

a)

land and money

b)

money

c)

land

d)

new house

6.

How many pounds were given to former slave owners per slave?

a)

3 pounds

b)

13 pounds

c)

23 pounds

d)

33 pounds

7.

How did new laws discriminate to restrict the political power of Bermuda's blacks?

4 lines
8.

Blacks were shut out of

(a)