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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Plantation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the largest slave trader in Memphis, Tennessee?
(a) Nathan Bedford Forrest
(b) Doc Daniel Dowdy
(c) West Turner
(d) Moses Grandy

2. This former President furnished his slave homes in the more typical fashion:
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) John Adams.
(c) James Madison.
(d) George Washington.

3. Most of the time when a slave was going to be __________, he/she _____________ know about it in advance.
(a) bred; did not.
(b) sold; did not.
(c) sold; did.
(d) bred; did.

4. With whom did slave owners sometimes try to be gentle with before they bought them?
(a) Children.
(b) Young women.
(c) Old women.
(d) Young men.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Many of the white men and black slave children had what sort of unique bond, though not always acknowledged?

2. What was one cause of death of the Africans aboard the slave ship?

3. What event set off a large amount of slave selling?

4. What was the second group of people that the colonists tried to use for manual labor?

5. Who describes being thrown in a buck and whipped?

(see the answer key)

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