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West African Slaves
Paul- West African Slaves- Social Studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| middle passage | voyage from Africa to America |
| enslave Africans | people forced onto ships and taken to America to work |
| dilemma | when you are forced to make decision where you do not like the choices |
| Three things that happened during the "breaking in" period | given new names; whipped, burned or killed; worked long hours |
| three things used to buy slaves | rum, guns, cloth |
| West Africans were the ___ but ___ in many ways | Same- different |
| Three conditions on Slave ships | packed close together, had little exercise, lived in hot foul smelling ships |
| Slaves were needed to work on___ | plantations |
| On arrival in America slaves were | sold to white plantation owners. |
| Many enslaved Africans____________ on slave ships | got sick and many died |
| Many slaves often did farm work for __ hours a day | 16 |
| Some west Africans ___ to take part in the slave trade | refused |
| Africans ____, ____, or ____ after being enslaved. | ran away, resisted, cooperated |
| Some slaves resisted by | playing dumb, pretending to be sick, or hanged themselves |
| Some slaves cooperated hoping to one day ____ thier freedom | purchase |