Slavery Realities

Question 1

Slave Girl (teenager)

Answer 1

Made to be a comfort girl

Question 2

Slave Boy (teenager)

Answer 2

Sold to another plantation

Question 3

Slave Man (father)

Answer 3

Brutally whipped for a runaway attempt

Question 4

Slave Woman (new mother)

Answer 4

Made to be a nurse maid for the master’s newborn son

Question 5

House slave (woman)

Answer 5

Taught to read and write by the master’s wife

Question 6

House slave (man)

Answer 6

Loyal to the master and other whites at the expense of his fellow slaves

Question 7

House slave (woman)

Answer 7

Beaten for eating the leftovers after the master’s family ate the breakfast you cooked.

Question 8

House slave (man)

Answer 8

Taught to read and write by the master’s wife

Question 9

Field slave (man)

Answer 9

Tongue cut out for telling fellow slaves about the Underground Railroad

Question 10

Field slave (woman)

Answer 10

Tasked with picking cotton in the fields all day

Question 11

Field slave (teenage girl)

Answer 11

Sold to another plantation to breed more slaves

Question 12

Field slave (man)

Answer 12

Bred with other slave women to make bigger, stronger slaves

Question 13

Field slave (woman)

Answer 13

Raped by the master’s sons

Question 14

Field slave (woman)

Answer 14

Ran to the North with the master’s son and he married you

Question 15

Field slave (man)

Answer 15

Master’s wife had a secret affair with you

Question 16

Field slave (boy)

Answer 16

Taken away from family to be a servant for white soldiers in the Civil War

Question 17

Field slave (girl)

Answer 17

Tasked with picking tobacco

Question 18

Field slave (man)

Answer 18

Ran away and became a Buffalo Soldier

Question 19

Field slave (woman)

Answer 19

Ran away up North, then became a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad

Question 20

Slave Child (newborn)

Answer 20

Sold to another plantation because you were the offspring of the master’s son and a slave woman

Question 21

Slave Child (girl)

Answer 21

Given as a “gift” to the master’s daughter (who’s your age) as if you’re a toy

Question 22

Slave (man)

Answer 22

Successfully started a plantation uprising

Question 23

Slave (woman)

Answer 23

Braided freedom routes in other women’s hair so they could run away up North

Question 24

Freed slave (man)

Answer 24

Ran away to New Orleans; European woodworkers taught you their craft so you started a woodworking business.

Question 25

Freed slave (woman)

Answer 25

Ran the plantation after your white husband died; own slaves

Question 26

Freed slave (man)

Answer 26

Given your freedom by your dad (the master); moved to Baltimore to become a portrait painter

Question 27

Freed slave (woman)

Answer 27

Taught to read and write by the master’s wife; began writing poetry

Question 28

Field slave (teenage boy)

Answer 28

Falsely accused of raping the white girl who had consensual sex with you; lynched without a trial

Question 29

Runaway slave (man)

Answer 29

Got swept up by a slave wrangler and sent back to your plantation to be a slave

Question 30

Runaway slave (woman)

Answer 30

After two unsuccessful runaway attempts, the master cut one of your feet off to prevent you from making another runaway attempt and to make an example of you to other slaves.