The Book of Negroes Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 32:

1.

What is a buckra? (from Book Two: And my story waits like a restful beast {London, 1803}; They call me an 'African' {Sullivan's Island, 1757}; Words can swim farther than a man can walk {St. Helena's Island, 1757}; Milk for the longest nursing; The shape of Africa {Charles Town, 1762}; Words come late from a wet-nurse)

Slave owner.

White man.

Horse.

White woman.

2.

What is a firestick? (from Book Two: And my story waits like a restful beast {London, 1803}; They call me an 'African' {Sullivan's Island, 1757}; Words can swim farther than a man can walk {St. Helena's Island, 1757}; Milk for the longest nursing; The shape of Africa {Charles Town, 1762}; Words come late from a wet-nurse)

Torch.

Match.

Musket (old-fashioned gun).

Fireworks.

3.

What town does Aminata travel to in Nova Scotia? (from Book Three: Nations not so blest as thee {London, 1804}; They come and go from holy ground {Manhattan, 1775}; Negroes and other property; Gone missing with my most recent exhalation {Birchtown, 1783}; My children were like phantom limbs; Elephants for want of towns)

Sydney.

Halifax.

Shelburne (and later Birchtown).

Annapolis Royal.

4.

What kind of operation does Appleby run? (from Book Two: And my story waits like a restful beast {London, 1803}; They call me an 'African' {Sullivan's Island, 1757}; Words can swim farther than a man can walk {St. Helena's Island, 1757}; Milk for the longest nursing; The shape of Africa {Charles Town, 1762}; Words come late from a wet-nurse)

Cotton plantation.

Indigo plantation.

Whale oil.

Chicken and pig farm.

5.

What is Aminata’s daughter’s name? (from Book Three: Nations not so blest as thee {London, 1804}; They come and go from holy ground {Manhattan, 1775}; Negroes and other property; Gone missing with my most recent exhalation {Birchtown, 1783}; My children were like phantom limbs; Elephants for want of towns)

May.

July.

April.

June.

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