Unit 2 - Chapter 2: Institution of Slavery in North America

UNIT 2

Unit 2 Chap 2: Institution of Slavery in North America

1. The greatest number of enslaved persons were sent to South America. 2. The Southern colonies had a plantation economy that relied on enslaved labor. 3. Georgia and South Carolina had the highest percentage of enslaved persons. 4. Enslaved workers resisted slavery by breaking tools, organizing rebellions, and attempting to escape.

5. While traveling during the Middle Passage, enslaved Africans had little space for themselves on the ship because the ship was packed tightly with other slaves. 6. Many slaves were confined in a small space while traveling on the ship during the Middle Passage.

7. The Portuguese were the first Europeans involved in the Atlantic Slave Trade. 8. Rum was bought and sold in the triangular trade.

9. The demand for enslaved workers was lower in the New England colonies than in the Southern colonies because growing conditions were poor in the New England colonies. 10. Enslaved Africans created and African American culture by combining elements from Africa and their new home.

VOCABULARY
Assembly, n. a group of people that makes laws (12)

Buffer zone, n. a neutral area that separates rival nations or factions (5)

Cargo, n. goods transported by ship, plane, or truck (21)

Chattel slavery, n. private ownership of people (16)

Debtor, n. a person who owes money (5)

Denomination, n. a branch of a religion (14)

Inhumane, adj. cruel, lacking mercy (18)

Parliament, n. in Great Britain, a group made up of representatives and the king or queen that makes the laws for the country (5)

Procure, v. to gain possession of (24)

Protestant, adj. describing a Christian church that separated from the Catholic Church (13)

Regulate, v. to control or place limits on (12)

Representative, n. a person who speaks or acts on behalf of someone else (12)

Secular, adj. not religious (13)

Self-government, n. the ability of people to rule themselves and make their own laws (12)

Tropical latitudes, n. areas around the equator that remain warm all year (21)

Yeoman, adj. describing a person who owns and cultivates a small farm (10)

Taken from Bayou Bridges Colonial America