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As slaves begin forming extended families, what became the center of family life? |
The Slave Quarter |
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Due to the Haitian Revolution, what slave code was enacted in the South to prevent a rebellion? |
Slaves could only travel with written permission from slaver owner |
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From 1500 to 1880 CE, how many slaves were estimated to be forcibly moved from African to the America’s and what percent were estimated to have died from the journey? |
10-12 million and 15% |
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How many days after the rebellion did it take for Nat Turner to be captured? |
70 days |
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In what month and year did Abraham Lincoln begin toiling over the language of the Emancipation Proclamation? |
July 1862 |
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In what year did the Union War Department began to grant equal pay to black soldiers? |
1864 |
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On a slave ship, on average how many square feet of space did each slave have? |
4 |
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***President Lincoln declared slaves free only in which states? |
Only Rebel states |
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In what year was the price for "prime field hands" $1,000 in the state of Virginia? |
1860 |
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Thomas Jefferson made specific references to blacks and blamed King George the III for the slave trade in the first draft of what document? |
Declaration of Independence |
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Slavery was the most important source of whose wealth in the seventeenth and eighteenth century? |
Europeans |
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Summer lay-by and Christmas were two occasions in which _________ could look forward to for recreation and relaxation |
Slaves |
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New York had the largest number of slaves in the Northern region throughout which century? |
Eighteenth |
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The presence of internal slave trade and existence of slave owning class of merchants set the stage for what? |
The commercial network that linked Europeans and complicit Africans in the capture and sale of other human beings |
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The Puritan colony was the first to give legal sanction to __________ in 1641 |
Slavery |
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The violent, brutal reaction by slaver owners to the Nat Turner led slave revolt was meant to do what? |
Meant to demonstrate power of white society |
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What country was officially the second independent republic in the western hemisphere? |
Haiti |
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What did Northerners fear about the Emancipation Proclamation? |
They feared a vast migration of self-emancipating blacks to the North |
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What entailed the confederate government’s use of impressment? |
Property could be seized at a price set by the government |
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What state was brought in as a free state due to the Compromise of 1850? |
California |
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What two things did the Emancipation Proclamation do? |
It frees the slaves in the confederate states and authorizes the enlistment of blacks in the military |
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What was a significant feature of Lincoln’s early emancipation plan? |
$100,000 appropriation to support emigration of freedpeople to Haiti and Liberia |
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What was the important argument used by proslavery advocates to justify slavery? |
Necessity of slave labor for economic development in the North |
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What was the name of the publication founded by Frederick Douglass and Martin Delany and what year was it founded? |
The North Star 1847 |
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Which four Border States were allowed slavery to remain as long as they were loyal to the Union during the civil war? |
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri |
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Which Mali ruler had an estimated worth of 400 billion? |
Mufasa Mahi |
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Which Supreme Court case reinforced the inequality of all blacks and what year was the decision reached? |
Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896 |
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Who was it that wrote newspaper editorials and used speaking engagements both nationally and internationally to make the abolishment of slavery essential to the Union’s Platform? |
Frederick Douglas |
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Who were the strongest supporters of colonization? |
Abolitionists in Northern States |
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