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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Auction Block.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Complete the author's sentence: "They were not slaves. They were people. Their condition was _______________."
(a) Indentured servitude.
(b) Eternal servitutde.
(c) Dire.
(d) Slavery.

2. What was another cause of death of the Africans aboard the slave ship?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Fighting each other to the death.
(c) Poison.
(d) Murder.

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

4. Which was the highest slave-breeding state?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Mississippi.

5. What was one principal item for which slaves were traded for?
(a) Liquor.
(b) Furniture.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Yams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the reason for the months that slave traders chose to have slave coffles?

2. From where did the first American-built slave ship sail from?

3. What is another way early slave trades were carried out?

4. 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."?

5. What was the advantage to a slave for being sold in an auction that took place in his area?

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