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History: High School: 9th and 10th Grade Quiz - The Slave Trade 2 (Questions)

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The majority of slaves were sent to work on plantations. Slavery is an interesting topic of History. In the Roman Empire, probably over 25% of the empire's population and 30-40% of the population of Italy was enslaved - imagine that!

Have a go at our second quiz regarding the Slave Trade.

Slaves who came to Britain usually worked as what?

[ ]	Coalminers
[ ]	Factory hands
[ ]	Gravediggers
[ ]	Servants to rich people

Runaway slaves in the West Indies had what name?

[ ]	Cherries
[ ]	Crimsons
[ ]	Maroons
[ ]	Scarlets

In 1729 a slave was legally said to be .......

[ ]	able to claim freedom through the courts
[ ]	entitled to be paid a wage
[ ]	his master's property
[ ]	his own boss

Which statement about slave ships is false?

[ ]	Ships often carried more slaves than there was room for
[ ]	Slaves had individual cabins
[ ]	Slaves were chained below decks
[ ]	Slaves were punished for disobedience

What type of songs were a response to the slave trade?

[ ]	Lullabies
[ ]	Nursery rhymes
[ ]	Sea shanties
[ ]	Spirituals

What often happened to whole families sold as slaves?

[ ]	All the family worked for the same owner
[ ]	The children went to school while the parents worked
[ ]	The children were sent back to Africa
[ ]	They were split up at auction

Which American organization helped runaway slaves to escape?

[ ]	The Freedom Wagon
[ ]	The Invisible Tramcar
[ ]	The Secret Ferry
[ ]	The Underground Railroad

130 sick slaves were thrown overboard from which ship in 1782?

[ ]	Cong
[ ]	Fong
[ ]	Tong
[ ]	Zong

Who was the captain of the Zong?

[ ]	Catherwood
[ ]	Collingwood
[ ]	Sherwood
[ ]	Westwood

10.

Who was heavily involved in the Zong court case?

[ ]	George Squire
[ ]	Grant Stone
[ ]	Granville Sharp
[ ]	Greville Speke

History: High School: 9th and 10th Grade Quiz - The Slave Trade 2 (Answers)

Slaves who came to Britain usually worked as what?

[ ]	Coalminers
[ ]	Factory hands
[ ]	Gravediggers
[x]	Servants to rich people

Runaway slaves in the West Indies had what name?

[ ]	Cherries
[ ]	Crimsons
[x]	Maroons
[ ]	Scarlets

They formed their own communities

In 1729 a slave was legally said to be .......

[ ]	able to claim freedom through the courts
[ ]	entitled to be paid a wage
[x]	his master's property
[ ]	his own boss

Which statement about slave ships is false?

[ ]	Ships often carried more slaves than there was room for
[x]	Slaves had individual cabins
[ ]	Slaves were chained below decks
[ ]	Slaves were punished for disobedience

The slave ship owners made huge profits

What type of songs were a response to the slave trade?

[ ]	Lullabies
[ ]	Nursery rhymes
[ ]	Sea shanties
[x]	Spirituals

Sometimes called 'sorrow songs'

What often happened to whole families sold as slaves?

[ ]	All the family worked for the same owner
[ ]	The children went to school while the parents worked
[ ]	The children were sent back to Africa
[x]	They were split up at auction

Which American organization helped runaway slaves to escape?

[ ]	The Freedom Wagon
[ ]	The Invisible Tramcar
[ ]	The Secret Ferry
[x]	The Underground Railroad

It took them to the northern states or Canada where there was no slavery

130 sick slaves were thrown overboard from which ship in 1782?

[ ]	Cong
[ ]	Fong
[ ]	Tong
[x]	Zong

They were too ill to be sold - insurance money was claimed for 'lost cargo'

Who was the captain of the Zong?

[ ]	Catherwood
[x]	Collingwood
[ ]	Sherwood
[ ]	Westwood

They failed to prosecute him for murder

10.

Who was heavily involved in the Zong court case?

[ ]	George Squire
[ ]	Grant Stone
[x]	Granville Sharp
[ ]	Greville Speke