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The process by which newly arrived Africans were broken in to slavery in the Americas
The practice of owners contracting out their slaves to work for other employers.
System of slavery in which slaves worked in groups under the direction of a slave driver.
True or False: the first 20 Africans to arrive to Jamestown were indentured servants.
A Virginia blacksmith and slave who planned to attack Richmond’s wealthiest slave owners while sparring poor whites
________________ was the name of the black man that was killed at the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1777. He was hailed as a hero and the first casualty of the American Revolution.
All of the following are reasons Africans were chosen as slaves rather than Native Americans Except
was the name of the black indentured servant who was sentenced to work as a slave for the rest of his life. This case established the precedent of perpetual slavery in America based on race.
This was one of the forms of daily resistance carried out by slaves:
A slave rebellion in South Carolina led by slaves hoping to find freedom at Fort Mose in Spanish Florida
The Atlantic slave trade ended in ___________ (year), which outlawed the importation of slaves from Africa to the Americas. This led to the _________________ slave trade.
Cargo traded from Africa to the Americas
True or False: Most slaves preferred working in the house rather than in the fields.
South Carolina preacher who won the lottery and purchased his freedom; used the network of the Church to plot his revolt
The largest concentration of African slaves were sent to________________
The first European country to enter the transatlantic slave trade
Black author, inventor, and scientist, who sent his almanac and a letter to Thomas Jefferson
True or False: African men were worth half the market price of African women.
led one of the bloodiest slave revolts in US History which sparked widespread fear of slave violence in the south
The "three points" of the triangular trade included all of the following Except