1. What stinging word did the slaves take and make their own to lessen its effects?
(a) Creature.
(b) Nigger.
(c) Black.
(d) Negro.

2. Where did some of the most emotional scenes of slave trading take place?
(a) At the foot of the auction block.
(b) At the new plantation.
(c) At the slave's home on the plantation.
(d) At the Big House.

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

4. ____________ was the practice of slave owners which resulted in more children for next generation labor and an easy way to make a profit through sales.
(a) Slave-selling.
(b) Slave-collecting.
(c) Slave-breeding.
(d) Slave-auctioning.

5. What did slaves turn to as a form of increasing their inner strength?
(a) Religion.
(b) Celebrating in the woods.
(c) Singing.
(d) Giving themselves names.

Short Answer 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."?

2. This second group of people were not slaves but rather called __________________.

3. What are the two ways that a man can be enslaved?

4. What was it about the African civilizations that made it easier for colonists to use the Africans more easily?

5. Most of the time when a slave was going to be __________, he/she _____________ know about it in advance.

(see the answer key)

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