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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, To Be a Slave.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said this in their account of slavery: "They never got nary a lick of labor and nary a red penny for any of them babies."?
(a) Roberta Manson.
(b) Ida Hutchinson.
(c) Henry Johnson.
(d) Ella Wilson.

2. Why did the attempt to use this second group of people also fail for the English colonists?
(a) They were susceptible to several diseases in the New World and many died quickly.
(b) They felt that because they too were white, that they deserved equal treatment and refused to work.
(c) They were lazy and did not do their required work well.
(d) The seven year turnover meant a continued supply of new people and they could easily run away and blend in with other whites people.

3. Which person fits the author's description of the type of slave that was "so enslaved that once slavery had ended, they were sorry"?
(a) Charley Williams.
(b) Byrl Anderson.
(c) Alice Johnson.
(d) Annonymous.

4. What is the first group of people that the colonists tried out as slaves?
(a) Africans.
(b) Indians.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Whites.

5. What was the area on the slave trading boat called where the Africans were held and chained together?
(a) Slave galley.
(b) Slave dinghy.
(c) Slave dungeon.
(d) Slave holding.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how many Africans were taken from their continent during the years of slave trade?

2. What was it about the African civilizations that made it easier for colonists to use the Africans more easily?

3. This second group of people were not slaves but rather called __________________.

4. Why were the Africans finally selected by the colonists to be slaves?

5. A buck position consisted of all of the following except....

(see the answer key)

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