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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Resistance to Slavery - 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the slaves went down for bed, what did they fear?
(a) Oversleeping.
(b) Insomnia.
(c) The lack of warmth.
(d) Dying in their sleep.

2. What was another cause of death of the Africans aboard the slave ship?
(a) Murder.
(b) Poison.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Fighting each other to the death.

3. Who said this in their account of slavery: "They never got nary a lick of labor and nary a red penny for any of them babies."?
(a) Henry Johnson.
(b) Ella Wilson.
(c) Ida Hutchinson.
(d) Roberta Manson.

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

5. What was the area on the slave trading boat called where the Africans were held and chained together?
(a) Slave holding.
(b) Slave dinghy.
(c) Slave galley.
(d) Slave dungeon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Henry Johnson's account about slavery?

2. In which figure did slaves find a form of camaraderie?

3. The job of a slaver trader was to sell the slave to the _____________.

4. Slaves knew they were enslaved because of what two reasons?

5. What is one way early slave trades were carried out?

(see the answer key)

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