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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 2 The Choked Voices of a Race at Last Unloosed.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some slaveholders began offering their slaves small ___________ in order to keep them on the plantations.
(a) Pieces of land.
(b) Bribes.
(c) Houses.
(d) Wages.

2. Congress voted for a stronger ________ law in order to help slave owners hold onto their slaves.
(a) Freed slave.
(b) Slave punishment.
(c) Bounty hunter.
(d) Fugitive slave.

3. Plantation ________, who wielded the most power within the community, tended to be male.
(a) Owners.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Ombudsmen.
(d) Elders.

4. About one in ________ slaves lived in the upper or border South, where the hiring of free people of color was not uncommon.
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eight.

5. This is a book about ___________ people who did extraordinary things under the most difficult of circumstances, writes Hahn.
(a) Black.
(b) Enslaved.
(c) Extraordinary.
(d) Belittled.

Short Answer Questions

1. An aspect that has often been overlooked in the literature on slavery is ____________ between slaves.

2. The wartime military provided a basic political _____________ to fugitive slaves.

3. Slave recruits were generally __________ able to lead as the widely lacked skills and experience.

4. Mobility, craft skills, and literacy were all crucial components in the creation of political __________.

5. Congress finally moved to prohibit military personnel from ________ slaves to their owners.

(see the answer key)

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