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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. After working for a "share" for a while, what ended up happening to many of the ex-slaves?
2. Although the slaves were now free, another problem arose. What was it?
3. What was the name of the white terrorist group formed at the end of the Civil War?
4. What are the two ways that a man can be enslaved?
5. Which of the following is NOT something the slaves did when they heard of their freedom?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The process of slave trading was complicated and extremely cruel. Discuss the process of slave trading and what it entailed. How were the slave treated and why were they treated as such? Who was involved? How did the slave traders treat men? How did they treat women and children? What tricks did slave traders use and what forms of cruelty? Be sure to discuss not only how slaves were captured for trade in Africa but also the auction block and results of slave trading on the slave families and their emotions.
Essay Topic 2
Sorrow was a major emotion felt by the slaves. Describe what sorrow is and what made the slaves feel this way. Did they always feel sorrow? Why or why not? What did they do in attempts to overcome or mask their sadness?
Essay Topic 3
The concept of family is something that is very important to most people. How did family play a role in the lives of slaves? Were they allowed to have one? Oftentimes slave owners separated families by selling them. Discuss the emotions felt by the slaves during these moments and how the slave owners and traders treated the slaves when separating them from their family members. How would the slave traders and owners feel if it were their children that were the ones being sold away? Many times the slave owners fathered children by their slave women. How did they treat their half-black children? Did they treat them as their son or daughter or as a slave? How did this treatment affect the children? Discuss the story of Powhatan Mitchell and what it signifies. How was Mitchell unique?
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