Chapter 8 Vocabulary

Question 1

Enslaved African

Answer 1

People from Africa who were forced to give their freedom and spend their lives obeying and working for their “ owners”, or masters. Enslaved Africans were treated as property that could be bought and sold.

Question 2

Dilemma

Answer 2

Situations in which a person is forced make a choice, even though there is no good choice to make. For example, millions of enslaved Africans had to choose between dying on a voyage to America or working for the rest of their lives as a slave.

Question 3

Middle Passage

Answer 3

The voyage ( passage) of slave traders and enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to the Americas.

Question 4

Plantations

Answer 4

A usually large area of privately owned land where crops were grown with the labor of workers or slaves who lived on the land.

Question 5

Americas

Answer 5

The continents of North and South America ( connected by Central America) , along with nearby islands , like those in the Caribbean Sea.

Question 6

Slave auctions

Answer 6

A sale in which slaves were sold to buyers who bid(offered prices) for them. Usually a slave was sold to the person making the highest bid.

Question 7

Overseer

Answer 7

A person who was put in charge of the work of slaves. The overseer had great power over the slaves and could punish them for disobeying him.