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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, After Emancipation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a reason a slave owner might sell a slave?
(a) He wanted to try buying new slaves.
(b) To free himself of a personal or business debt.
(c) Slave-breeding.
(d) Unmanageable slaves.

2. From where did the first American-built slave ship sail from?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Plymouth Rock.
(d) Jamestown.

3. Many of the white men and black slave children had what sort of unique bond, though not always acknowledged?
(a) Master and slave.
(b) Father and son/daughter.
(c) Father and slave.
(d) Master and servant.

4. What was a second reason Africans appealed to the colonists as slaves?
(a) They appreciated the amount of money they would be paid.
(b) They could be bought "for life."
(c) They were eager to leave Africa for the New World.
(d) They did as they were told, made acts of rebellion, and were willing to work hard for their masters.

5. What percentage of the South owned no slaves?
(a) 75%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 60%.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Frank Cooper realize his Mammy used to be a slave?

2. What happened to the children who were captured with their mothers and brought aboard the slave ship?

3. When slaves became freed, what was one constitutional power they were given?

4. What is the name of the early nineteenth century slave who heard stories of Africa from his grandfather and later wrote an autobiography?

5. Some slaves preferred what over being captured after running away?

(see the answer key)

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