1. Describe your feelings as you watched the Slave Auction video: 2. How would you feel if you were the slave that was being sold?
Below is what a Bill of Sale looked like for a slave:
In this bill of sale, a 17-year-old slave is identified only as "Negro boy George," November 6, 1833. Citation: Records of the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (Nashville). 3. What is the date on the document? A. December 6, 1833 B. December 6, 1733 C. November 6, 1733 D. November 6, 1833
4. In what state is the document recorded? A. Tennessee B. Pennsylvania C. New York D. South Carolina
5. What is this Bill of Sale for? A. a boat B. a house C. a piece of land D. a slave
6. Which group would be against this sale? A. plantation owners B. abolitionists C. suffragists D. prohibitionists
7. How does this Bill of Sale dehumanize "George"? 8. What were the jobs of slaves in the South? (You will need to look on the Internet.)
The caption of this picture indicates that the woman is holding a Bible and wishes her master would read it and learn to not be cruel. Pictures and poems like this began to appear as an appeal to the softer side of women. They appeared in newspapers, on posters, and even on handicrafts that women might purchase. Abolitionists reasoned that women might feel compassion for their black sisters, and influence others to fight against slavery.
9. The woman in this picture appears to be A. pleading for something B. scrubbing a floor C. reading a book D. sleeping
10. The chains in the foreground signify that A. the woman is an escaped prisoner. B. the woman has a dog. C. the woman is a blacksmith. D. the woman is a slave.
11. What book is the woman holding? A. an atlas B. a dictionary C. a Bible D. Uncle Tom's Cabin
12. Who is this poem and poster written for? A. other black women B. abolitionists C. white slave owners D. white women
13. Why did abolitionists target women as an audience for this poem? 14.What lesson would the slave woman like her master to learn from the Bible? 15. Where could pictures like this one be found? 16. Ye wives and ye mothers, your influence extend-- Ye sisters, ye daughters, the helpless defend-- The strong ties are severed for one crime alone, Possessing a colour less fair than your own. What does this mean?
Go to this link to answer 17 -24 17. What did Harriet Tubman do to help slaves? 18. What is the Underground Railroad? 19. Why did Harriet Tubman suffer from "blackouts"? 20. What were the Fugitive Slave Laws? 21. Who helped Harriet Tubman? 22. How did Harriet get away from her former master when she saw him walking toward her? 23. How did she help the Union army in the Civil War? 24. Who helped Harriet Tubman
Go to this link to answer 25 - 32. 25. Was Frederick Douglass born a free man or a slave? 26. Who taught Frederick Douglass how to read? 27. When Douglass escaped, what two jobs did he take? 28. List one brave act Douglass did to show he believed white and black people should be equal? 29. What was the name of the book Douglass wrote? 30. What was the name of the newspaper Douglass started? 31. How did he help the Underground Railroad? 32. Did Douglass ever talk to Abraham Lincoln?
33. What does the quote below mean? No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck. Frederick Douglass
1. Describe your feelings as you watched the Slave Auction video:
2. How would you feel if you were the slave that was being sold?
Below is what a Bill of Sale looked like for a slave:
In this bill of sale, a 17-year-old slave is identified only as "Negro boy George," November 6, 1833. Citation: Records of the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (Nashville).
3. What is the date on the document?
A. December 6, 1833
B. December 6, 1733
C. November 6, 1733
D. November 6, 1833
4. In what state is the document recorded?
A. Tennessee
B. Pennsylvania
C. New York
D. South Carolina
5. What is this Bill of Sale for?
A. a boat
B. a house
C. a piece of land
D. a slave
6. Which group would be against this sale?
A. plantation owners
B. abolitionists
C. suffragists
D. prohibitionists
7. How does this Bill of Sale dehumanize "George"?
8. What were the jobs of slaves in the South? (You will need to look on the Internet.)
The caption of this picture indicates that the woman is holding a Bible and wishes her master would read it and learn to not be cruel. Pictures and poems like this began to appear as an appeal to the softer side of women. They appeared in newspapers, on posters, and even on handicrafts that women might purchase. Abolitionists reasoned that women might feel compassion for their black sisters, and influence others to fight against slavery.
9. The woman in this picture appears to be
A. pleading for something
B. scrubbing a floor
C. reading a book
D. sleeping
10. The chains in the foreground signify that
A. the woman is an escaped prisoner.
B. the woman has a dog.
C. the woman is a blacksmith.
D. the woman is a slave.
11. What book is the woman holding?
A. an atlas
B. a dictionary
C. a Bible
D. Uncle Tom's Cabin
12. Who is this poem and poster written for?
A. other black women
B. abolitionists
C. white slave owners
D. white women
13. Why did abolitionists target women as an audience for this poem?
14.What lesson would the slave woman like her master to learn from the Bible?
15. Where could pictures like this one be found?
16. Ye wives and ye mothers, your influence extend-- Ye sisters, ye daughters, the helpless defend-- The strong ties are severed for one crime alone, Possessing a colour less fair than your own. What does this mean?
Go to this link to answer 17 -24
17. What did Harriet Tubman do to help slaves?
18. What is the Underground Railroad?
19. Why did Harriet Tubman suffer from "blackouts"?
20. What were the Fugitive Slave Laws?
21. Who helped Harriet Tubman?
22. How did Harriet get away from her former master when she saw him walking toward her?
23. How did she help the Union army in the Civil War?
24. Who helped Harriet Tubman
Go to this link to answer 25 - 32.
25. Was Frederick Douglass born a free man or a slave?
26. Who taught Frederick Douglass how to read?
27. When Douglass escaped, what two jobs did he take?
28. List one brave act Douglass did to show he believed white and black people should be equal?
29. What was the name of the book Douglass wrote?
30. What was the name of the newspaper Douglass started?
31. How did he help the Underground Railroad?
32. Did Douglass ever talk to Abraham Lincoln?
33. What does the quote below mean?
No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck. Frederick Douglass