Antebellum Slavery

Why did Southerners who did not own slaves support slavery?

• They feared the power of the slaveholders.
• They believed they would be able to own slaves someday.
• They knew that the Southern economy depended on slave labor.
• They understood that the Constitution did not ban slavery in the South.

What did enslaved people most fear?

• being sent back to Africa

• B. being forced to learn new skills

• being sold away from their families

• being disrespectful to their owners

Many slaves worked on large farms called ______.

• plantations
• villages

Slaves were captured from _____.

• England
• Europe
• Africa
• France

Capturing, transporting, and selling people is called the 

• slave auction
• overseer
• slave trade
• Middle Passage

This enslaved person’s journey from Africa to the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean on a slave-trading ship.

• Middle Passage

• Triangular trade

• Slave trade

• Journey

If a mother was a slave, her child was:

• Free for life

• A slave for life

• A slave for a short time

• Free for a short time

What was the legal status of slaves in the United States?

• citizen
• property
• dependents
• immigrants

The act that led to a complete end to slavery in the 19th century United States is known as?

• abolition

• abolitionist

• emancipation

• dehumanization

What continents did the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade include?

• North America, South America, and Brazil

• North America, South America, Europe, and Africa

• North America, Europe, and Africa

• South America, Asia, and Europe