Slavery Realities Flashcards
Slave Girl (teenager)
Made to be a comfort girl
Slave Boy (teenager)
Sold to another plantation
Slave Man (father)
Brutally whipped for a runaway attempt
Slave Woman (new mother)
Made to be a nurse maid for the master’s newborn son
House slave (woman)
Taught to read and write by the master’s wife
House slave (man)
Loyal to the master and other whites at the expense of his fellow slaves
House slave (woman)
Beaten for eating the leftovers after the master’s family ate the breakfast you cooked.
House slave (man)
Taught to read and write by the master’s wife
Field slave (man)
Tongue cut out for telling fellow slaves about the Underground Railroad
Field slave (woman)
Tasked with picking cotton in the fields all day
Field slave (teenage girl)
Sold to another plantation to breed more slaves
Field slave (man)
Bred with other slave women to make bigger, stronger slaves
Field slave (woman)
Raped by the master’s sons
Field slave (woman)
Ran to the North with the master’s son and he married you
Field slave (man)
Master’s wife had a secret affair with you
Field slave (boy)
Taken away from family to be a servant for white soldiers in the Civil War
Field slave (girl)
Tasked with picking tobacco
Field slave (man)
Ran away and became a Buffalo Soldier
Field slave (woman)
Ran away up North, then became a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad
Slave Child (newborn)
Sold to another plantation because you were the offspring of the master’s son and a slave woman
Slave Child (girl)
Given as a “gift” to the master’s daughter (who’s your age) as if you’re a toy
Slave (man)
Successfully started a plantation uprising
Slave (woman)
Braided freedom routes in other women’s hair so they could run away up North
Freed slave (man)
Ran away to New Orleans; European woodworkers taught you their craft so you started a woodworking business.
Freed slave (woman)
Ran the plantation after your white husband died; own slaves
Freed slave (man)
Given your freedom by your dad (the master); moved to Baltimore to become a portrait painter
Freed slave (woman)
Taught to read and write by the master’s wife; began writing poetry
Field slave (teenage boy)
Falsely accused of raping the white girl who had consensual sex with you; lynched without a trial
Runaway slave (man)
Got swept up by a slave wrangler and sent back to your plantation to be a slave
Runaway slave (woman)
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.
