Novel background

Ten black slaves arrived to work on __________in Virginia in 1619

• a school field

• a cotton plantation

• a sugarcane plantation

• a flower plantation

Most of the slaves were sold to white people in the US, the rest went to ________and the Caribbean

• Mexico

• Argentina

• Canada

• Brazil

Each plantation had an owner called the _______

• smoker

• thinker

• planter

• dealer

The _________watch the slaves at work

• overseer

• dealer

• driver

• boss

If the slaves were too slow, they were________

• whipped

• whopped

• wanted

• sold

When the slave spoke to a plantation owner, he or she called them_____

• Mister and misses

• master and mistress

• boss and boss lady

• boy and girl

In the 1700s, ______ became very valuable

• Gold

• Salt

• Coffee

• Cotton

______wins the Civil War

1853 Solomon's story___

• started

• paused

• ended

• twisted

In each group of slaves there was a ______

• thinker

• driver

• customer

• buyer