8.1.4

Which of these is the BEST description of the result of the Stono Rebellion?

• A harsh new code was instituted to keep slaves under constant surveillance and to ensure that masters disciplined their slaves.
• A slave revolt
• their African roots and language that has survived since the 18th century.
  
• African American Slave

Which statement BEST describes the effects of the Stono Rebellion of 1739?

• their African roots and language that has survived since the 18th century.
  
• A slave revolt
• African American Slave
• Slaves faced tougher laws restricting their movement.
  

The Gullah people in South Carolina and Georgia are MOST known for

• A harsh new code was instituted to keep slaves under constant surveillance and to ensure that masters disciplined their slaves.
• their African roots and language that has survived since the 18th century.
  
• African American Slave
• Stono Rebellion

Which statement offers the BEST explanation for why all 80 of the slaves who participated in the Stono Rebellion were either killed during the fighting or were executed after their capture?

• South Carolina whites wanted to make an example of the rebellious slaves to prevent further slave revolts.
  
• A slave revolt
• A harsh new code was instituted to keep slaves under constant surveillance and to ensure that masters disciplined their slaves.
• their African roots and language that has survived since the 18th century.
  

The slaves who took part in the Stono Rebellion of 1739 had the ultimate goal of reaching St. Augustine, Florida. Why was Florida their intended destination?

• A harsh new code was instituted to keep slaves under constant surveillance and to ensure that masters disciplined their slaves.
• Spanish leaders had offered freedom to any slaves who managed to escape from the British colonies.
  
• Slaves faced tougher laws restricting their movement.
  
• their African roots and language that has survived since the 18th century.
  

“It was mercy that brought me from my pagan land,
And taught my poor soul to understand “
— Phyllis Wheatley, "On Being Brought from Africa to America," 1770
This poem was MOST LIKELY written by which of these people?

• Slaves faced tougher laws restricting their movement.
  
• A harsh new code was instituted to keep slaves under constant surveillance and to ensure that masters disciplined their slaves.
• African American Slave
• their African roots and language that has survived since the 18th century.
  

The "Stono Rebellion" could best be described as which of these?

• their African roots and language that has survived since the 18th century.
  
• Slaves faced tougher laws restricting their movement.
  
• African American Slave
• A slave revolt

Which issue was the greatest concern regarding slavery in South Carolina in the 1700's and early 1800's?

• Slaves faced tougher laws restricting their movement.
  
• A harsh new code was instituted to keep slaves under constant surveillance and to ensure that masters disciplined their slaves.
• Slaves outnumbered whites by large numbers in many areas of South Carolina and this fact raised concerns about controlling the slave population.
• their African roots and language that has survived since the 18th century.
  

What was the purpose of "The Negro Act of 1740"?

• their African roots and language that has survived since the 18th century.
  
• African American Slave
• rice plantations
• It was designed to give slaveowners more control over their slaves by prohibited slaves from gathering without white supervision or learning to read and write.

How were slaves most likely bought and sold in South Carolina?

• their African roots and language that has survived since the 18th century.
  
• rice plantations
• They were purchased at auction.
  
• Stono Rebellion