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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Whitney Plantation - Angola Prison.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Sally Hemings child who was freed in Jefferson's will?
(a) Eston.
(b) Madison.
(c) Harriet.
(d) Beverly.

2. How many lives of enslaved children are honored at the Field of Angels?
(a) 2,200.
(b) 1,100.
(c) 1,800.
(d) 2,700.

3. According to James Roberts, an enslaved man who fought in the Revolutionary war and was sold in 1783 to a Louisiana plantation, how many women were kept constantly for breeding?
(a) 40 to 50.
(b) 70 to 80.
(c) 90 to 100.
(d) 50 to 60.

4. In "Monticello Plantation," where was Smith living?
(a) Boston.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) New Orleans.

5. Between 1774 and 1778 how many births and deaths were among Jefferson's enslaved population?
(a) 22 births and 12 deaths.
(b) 25 births and 18 deaths.
(c) 28 births and 15 deaths.
(d) 15 births and 8 deaths.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Smith make the visits to the places he describes in How the Word is Passed?

2. Compared to the entrance hall to Jefferson's mansion, what size was the replica slave quarters at Monticello?

3. When was the transatlantic slave trade outlawed?

4. When was the first person put to death by lethal injection in Lousiaian?

5. When did Angola Prison's infamous maximum-security housing unit, Red Hat cell block, close?

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