WorksheetsTransatlantic Slave Questions
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What were the PORTUGUESE initially doing in WESTERN Africa?
They were there to export Africans to the New World
They were exploring the region to colonize it
They were looking for trade opportunities and routes
They were looking to increase the numbers of Africans who were moving to Brazil
What brought MORE AFRICAN slaves to the NEW WORLD?
promises of freedom
business
a desire for more land
a treaty
Which of the following countries is the HOMELAND of the SENEGAMBIANS?
Louisiana
North America
Sierra Leone
Senegal
Where do historians trace the ORIGINS OF AFRICAN SLAVERY in the UNITED STATES?
a ship nthat arrived in Louisiana
imports from Brazil
a ship that came to Virginia
imports from France
What does the author mean in this sentence? (*Read the following quote then make an inference):
"In the 1660s, Virginia decreed that a child followed the status of its mother, thus making lifetime servitude inheritable."
A child born in the colonies to a slave mother was freed after his mother was freed
If a mother was a slave all her life, then it was possible that she would inherit a child
in Virginia, a child born to a mother enslaved for life would also be a slave for life
A slave child had to do anything its mother did throughout his or her lifetime
At this time in history, what were many EUROPEAN COUNTRIES most hoping to get out of NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA?
slaves
trade
court systems
power
How would 15-20 PERCENT of a ship's cargo of AFRICANS BE LOST ON THE JOURNEY between Africa and the colonies?
With so many people on board, it was difficult for the ships crew to keep track of everyone. Therefore, some Africans were able to escape.
The conditions on board the ship were so horrible that many of the Africans died en route
The ship would have met other ships along the way and would have sold some of the Africans to them before they even reached the colonies
The ship's crew couldn't manage the number of Africans on board, so they sent many of them back
A "MAROON SOCIETY" was:
founded by white slaveholders
a collection of fugitive slaves
very often stable
welcoming to all races
Why did the SPANISH ENCOURAGE RUNAWAY SLAVES to FLEE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA INTO FLORIDA?
They sympathized with the slaves' plight (struggles)
They had always contested he British colonization of North America
They were trying to boost Florida's population so that they could lead a revolt against the British colonies
They wanted South Carolina and Georgia to be in turmoil because they believed the Spanish should own them
In SOUTH CAROLINA, what would happen if someone found a RUNAWAY SLAVE but DID NOT WHIP him or her?
That person would be fined
That person would be whipped instead
That person would be branded
That person would be killed
