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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Franklin and Armfield?
(a) The largest slave-freeing group.
(b) The largest slave-trading firm.
(c) The largest slave-breeding plantation.
(d) The largest slave-buying firm.

2. The cotton picking season began when?
(a) Beginning of September.
(b) Latter part of July.
(c) Latter part of June.
(d) Latter part of August.

3. A buck position consisted of all of the following except....
(a) A stick held between the arms and knees.
(b) Hands being tied together at the shins.
(c) Squatting naked on the ground.
(d) Face being stuck in the ground.

4. What was the main plant that was in need of constant care by the slaves?
(a) Corn.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Rice.
(d) Cotton.

5. How many lashes would a slave receive for something like standing idle in the field?
(a) 50.
(b) 100.
(c) 75.
(d) 90.

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

7. What was Henry Johnson's account about slavery?
(a) He and other slaves were forced by their master to steal cattle from other slave owners.
(b) He was a driver who was lenient with the whip.
(c) He was thrown in a buck and whipped.
(d) His grandmother whipped him to show him what being a slave felt like.

8. Which country introduced Africans to Europe in the early sixteenth century?
(a) Spain.
(b) England.
(c) Netherlands.
(d) Portugal.

9. What was the main lesson that Byrl Anderson learned from his Master?
(a) Work hard to earn a well-rewarding job.
(b) To always treat women respectfully.
(c) To never call him nor any other white man Master because all men, both black and white, are equal.
(d) To always love your brother honestly.

10. Who was the largest slave trader in Memphis, Tennessee?
(a) Doc Daniel Dowdy
(b) West Turner
(c) Nathan Bedford Forrest
(d) Moses Grandy

11. How did Frank Cooper realize his Mammy used to be a slave?
(a) He found her freedom papers.
(b) He saw the old scars on her back.
(c) He saw how rough her hands were.
(d) He saw the cuts on her legs.

12. What is another way early slave trades were carried out?
(a) The slave traders made pacts with African tribal chiefs to trade slaves for goods.
(b) Slave traders asked the Africans to visit their ship then captured them.
(c) Slave traders started fights with Africans, making bets that if the Africans lost, they would have to become slaves.
(d) The slave traders lied to the Africans, telling them they would be indentured servants instead of slaves.

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

14. What was the title for the trusted slave that would often help administer whippings to other slaves?
(a) The slave trader.
(b) The driver.
(c) The overseer.
(d) The slave owner.

15. This former President furnished his slave homes in the more typical fashion:
(a) John Adams.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) James Madison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was 'Ol Gabe known for?

2. What was the slave's "home" called?

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

4. What item was used to discipline slaves?

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

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