Mississippi: Slavery

Mississippi's first permanent settlement was built in -

• Upper Louisiana.

• Jackson.

• Biloxi.

• France.

By 1732, almost 65 percent of Lower Louisiana's population was-

• French.

• enslaved Africans.

• Spanish.

• white prisoners.

Farmers used enslaved labor to plant indigo. Indigo is -

• a type of food.

• another name for corn.

• a plant that produces blue dye.

• a plant with beautiful red flowers.

After reading the selection about Slave Markets, you learn that -

• families were kept together.

• enslaved people were paid for their work.

• children were permitted to stay with their families.

• enslaved people were owned for life.

In Lower Louisiana, the Black Code-

• allowed enslaved people to practice any religion they wanted.

• separated children from their families.

• required enslavers to care for sick or old enslaved people.

• kept enslaved people from ever gaining their freedom.

True or False.

Slavery had been a part of America since the early 1500s.

(a)  

What happened as a result of slavery?

• Families were often split.

• Men were sold separately from their wives.

• Children were taken from their parents.

• Enslaved people were forced to work without pay.

When was the Black code enforced?

• 1720

• 1712

• 1698

• 1724

Enslaved people in Lower Louisiana could -

• not own property

• be beaten to death

• choose to not work

• have many freedoms

What were enslavers required to do for enslaved people?

• treat the way they would want to be treated

• treat them with kindness

• clothe and feed them

• be their friend