Transatlantic Slave Questions

What were the PORTUGUESE initially doing in WESTERN Africa?

• They were there to export Africans to the New World

• They were exploring the region to colonize it

• They were looking for trade opportunities and routes

• They were looking to increase the numbers of Africans who were moving to Brazil

What brought MORE AFRICAN slaves to the NEW WORLD?

• promises of freedom

• business

• a desire for more land

• a treaty

Which of the following countries is the HOMELAND of the SENEGAMBIANS?

• Louisiana

• North America

• Sierra Leone

• Senegal

Where do historians trace the ORIGINS OF AFRICAN SLAVERY in the UNITED STATES?

• a ship nthat arrived in Louisiana

• imports from Brazil

• a ship that came to Virginia

• imports from France

What does the author mean in this sentence? (*Read the following quote then make an inference):

"In the 1660s, Virginia decreed that a child followed the status of its mother, thus making lifetime servitude inheritable."

• A child born in the colonies to a slave mother was freed after his mother was freed

• If a mother was a slave all her life, then it was possible that she would inherit a child

• in Virginia, a child born to a mother enslaved for life would also be a slave for life

• A slave child had to do anything its mother did throughout his or her lifetime

At this time in history, what were many EUROPEAN COUNTRIES most hoping to get out of NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA?

• slaves

• trade

• court systems

• power

How would 15-20 PERCENT of a ship's cargo of AFRICANS BE LOST ON THE JOURNEY between Africa and the colonies?

• With so many people on board, it was difficult for the ships crew to keep track of everyone. Therefore, some Africans were able to escape.

• The conditions on board the ship were so horrible that many of the Africans died en route

• The ship would have met other ships along the way and would have sold some of the Africans to them before they even reached the colonies

• The ship's crew couldn't manage the number of Africans on board, so they sent many of them back

A "MAROON SOCIETY" was:

• founded by white slaveholders

• a collection of fugitive slaves

• very often stable

• welcoming to all races

Why did the SPANISH ENCOURAGE RUNAWAY SLAVES to FLEE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA INTO FLORIDA?

• They sympathized with the slaves' plight (struggles)

• They had always contested he British colonization of North America

• They were trying to boost Florida's population so that they could lead a revolt against the British colonies

• They wanted South Carolina and Georgia to be in turmoil because they believed the Spanish should own them

In SOUTH CAROLINA, what would happen if someone found a RUNAWAY SLAVE but DID NOT WHIP him or her?

• That person would be fined

• That person would be whipped instead

• That person would be branded

• That person would be killed