Vocabulary chapter 8

Question 1

Enslaved African

Answer 1

People from Africa who We’re forced to give up their freedom and spend their lives obeying and working for their owners or masters. Enslaved Africans were treated as a property that could be bought and sold.

Question 2

Dilemma

Answer 2

A situation and a person is forced to make a choice even though there is no good choice to make. For example millions of enslaved Africans had to choose between dying on the voyage to America or working for the rest of their lives as slaves

Question 3

middle passage

Answer 3

The voyage of slave traders and enslaved Africans across the Atlantic ocean from Africa to America .

Question 4

Plantations

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Americas

Answer 5

The continent 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 for them. Usually a slave who was sold to the person making the highest bid.

Question 7

Over seer

Answer 7

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