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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, To Be a Slave.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Ida Hutchinson.
(b) Ella Wilson.
(c) Roberta Manson.
(d) Henry Johnson.

2. Mammy referred to her slave days as what?
(a) The "scornful days."
(b) The "misery days."
(c) The "weary days."
(d) The "hell days."

3. Who said the following: "They whipped my father 'cause he looked at a slave they killed and cried."
(a) Frank Cooper.
(b) Ella Wilson.
(c) Mingo White.
(d) Roberta Manson.

4. What was the second group of people that the colonists tried to use for manual labor?
(a) Africans.
(b) Indians.
(c) Poor whites, prisoners, and debtors.
(d) Rich whites.

5. Which of the following were not one of the people who would administer a whipping to a slave?
(a) The slave owner's child.
(b) The overseer.
(c) The slave owner's wife.
(d) The slave owner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was 'Ol Gabe known for?

2. Why did the attempt to use this first group of people for manual labor fail for the English Colonists?

3. Who said the following: "You want to know what they did in slavery times. They were doing just what they do know."?

4. What was a second principal item for which slaves were traded for?

5. What was a third reason Africans appealed to the colonists as slaves?

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