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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. When did former Confederate general Bradley T. Johnson explain that slavery was an apprenticeship for savage races?
(a) March 9, 1896.
(b) February 22, 1896.
(c) May 18, 1896.
(d) April 11, 1896.

2. When did Ulrich Bonnell Phillips write that slavery was a benevolent system designed to civilize "an inferior African race" (71)?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1917.

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

4. What was the name of the man who dressed as General Granger at a Juneteenth program?
(a) William Morris.
(b) Stephen Duncan.
(c) Michael Allstown.
(d) David Watson.

5. How old was the city of Houston when Jack Yates and his family moved there?
(a) 25 years.
(b) About 40 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) Less than 30 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many generations were some of the slaves at Monticello enslaved there?

2. When was the first high school for Blacks established in Texas?

3. When was the book The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South published?

4. When did Madison Hemings, Sally Hemings and Jefferson's son give an interview to the Pike County Republican newspaper?

5. After slaves were freed, what Texas mayor rounded up Black "runaways" (191) and returned them to their owners?

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