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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Emancipation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said, "Judge Miller! Don't you bid for me, 'cause if you do, I would not live on your plantation. I will take a knife and cut my own throat from ear to ear before I would be owned by you."?
(a) Annonymous.
(b) Eliza.
(c) Alice Johnson.
(d) Delicia Patterson.

2. In which figure did slaves find a form of camaraderie?
(a) Abraham
(b) Thomas Jefferson
(c) Abraham Lincoln
(d) Jesus Christ

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

4. Who said the following: "I have never seen or heard from her from that day to this. I loved her as I love my life."
(a) Lou Smith.
(b) Mingo White.
(c) Moses Grandy.
(d) Prince Bee.

5. Who was the slave who did not agree with slavery but felt that doing the job right was the proper way of doing things?
(a) Josiah Henson.
(b) William Hayden.
(c) West Turner.
(d) Charles Ball.

Short Answer Questions

1. Slave traders chained slaves together in a line in what was called a _________________.

2. What stinging word did the slaves take and make their own to lessen its effects?

3. Which of the following is NOT a reason a slave owner might sell a slave?

4. What was the reason for the months that slave traders chose to have slave coffles?

5. Which of the following is NOT something the slaves did when they heard of their freedom?

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