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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Galveston Island - New York City.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Al Edwards Sr. when Smith was able to speak to him at a Juneteenth celebration in Galveston?
(a) 87.
(b) 93.
(c) 82.
(d) 91.

2. How much was Norris Henderson paid for working in the field when he was at Angola?
(a) 7 cents an hour.
(b) 8 cents an hour.
(c) 5 cents an hour.
(d) 6 cents an hour.

3. According to Joseph T. Glatthaar, historian, in 1861, how many Confederate soldiers either owned slaves or lived with a head of household who did?
(a) Almost 1/2.
(b) 1/4.
(c) 1/3.
(d) About 2/3.

4. After slaves were freed, what Texas mayor rounded up Black "runaways" (191) and returned them to their owners?
(a) Houston.
(b) Galveston.
(c) Beaumont.
(d) Corpus Christi.

5. When Smith was in New York City, what station did he leave from to reach the South Ferry stop?
(a) Penn Station.
(b) Byside Station.
(c) Parkside Station.
(d) Grand Central Station.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where were the jail cells that sit at the center of Whitney Plantation grounds from originally?

2. How many years did it take Nora Davidson's Ladies' Memorial Association to exhume bodies of Confederate soldiers and bury them?

3. When did members of Petersburg's free Black community purchase the People's Memorial Cemetery?

4. When did former Confederate general Bradley T. Johnson explain that slavery was an apprenticeship for savage races?

5. When was the largest slave rebellion in U.S. history?

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