Ch 8 Facing Slavery 5th grade Social Studies
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Ch 8 Facing Slavery 5th grade Social Studies
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 middle passage |  the voyage of slave ships across the Atlantic Ocean from West Africa to the West Indies and the American continents; this was part of the triangular traderoute |
| Where were most slaves in the West Indies and British North America put to work? | sugar and tobacco plantations |
| griot | a western African storyteller who recites the history of a tribe or family |
| overseer | person in charge of slaves in the field |
| triangular trade | the exchange of slaves and goods between Europe, the Americas, and West Africa, using shipping routes across the Atlantic Ocean |
| A dilemma West Africans were faced with | was whether to trade people for guns. |
| Most West Africans valued | their family and ancestors. |
| A form of resistance | was when slaves would pretend not to understand what they were told to do. |
| scramble | a sale of slaves when they are herded into a large yard and when the gates are opened buyers run in and grab the slaves they want |
| What generally happened when Africans who were captured in the slave trade arrived in the American colonies? | Africans were sold at scrambles or slave auctions. |
| Who is Harriet Tubman? | a slave who wanted freedom and fought for all slaves to be freed |
| What did Harriet Tubman do? | 1849-860 she helped slaves escape for freedom. |
| The triangular traderoute | |
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