Think about it…

1. What is slavery? Write down as many words as you can! Think about it…

2. Today’s Questions: What was life like for an enslaved African on a southern plantation? Would you take the Underground Railroad?

3. Activities: • Notes/discussion: slave life • Reader’s theater: Underground Railroad

5. Before the Civil War, the majority of slaved worked on __________ in the Deep South.

6. Slave auctions Enslaved Africans were viewed as ____________. At slave auctions, Africans were ___________ and __________to slave owners. Many families were ________ _________ on the auction block.

7. Description of a slave auction: “On a signal given, at the beat of a drum, the buyers rush at once into the yard where the slaves are confined, and make choice of that parcel they like best. In this manner…relations and friends are separated, most of them never to see each other again.” --OlaudahEquiano

8. Living conditions Slaves were treated differently depending on __________ they lived and _________ their master was. Many were treated like farm animals or equipment, rarely as ___________. Enslaved Africans were usually given very little __________, ___________, and shelter to survive—just enough to survive and continue working.

9. How were slaves treated? "[M]y own treatment . . . was very similar to that of the other slave children…I had no bed…I would] sleep on the cold, damp, clay floor, with my head in [a sack for carrying corn] and feet out…old and young, male and female, married and single, drop down side by side, on one common bed,—the cold, damp floor,—each covering himself or herself with their miserable blankets.” --Frederick Douglass

10. Runaway slaves Slaves often planned ___________ and escapes. If caught, a slave could be beaten, even ____________. Running away was dangerous: ________ ________ were always on the lookout for runaway slaves.

11. Runaway slave posters: • What does it say? • What does this tell you about how Enslaved Africans were treated? • What would happen if they ran away from their masters?

15. Culture When Enslaved Africans were taken to America, they brought with them their ___________. Enslaved Africans combined____________ traditions with the new traditions they learned in America. Religion, music, and family helped slaves cope with the __________ conditions of slavery.

18. 5 minute break!

19. Follow the Drinking Gourd What do the words mean? Why would Enslaved Africans have sung them?

28. Think/Pair/share • Who is Harriet Tubman and why is she important? • What was the Underground Railroad? • What obstacles did escaped slaves face?

29. Review Questions: What is the stage of the triangular trade in which Africans are taken on ships to America?

30. What are the names of the three African Kingdoms that controlled Africa between 300 and 1600AD?

31. Where were Ghana, Mali, and Songhai located?

32. Which European country made voyages of discovery around the coast of Africa?

33. What is the Underground Railroad?

34. What did slaves bring with them from Africa?

35. Why was music important to Enslaved Africans?

36. Who invented the cotton gin?

37. What effect did the cotton gin have on the slave population of the south?

38. Before the Civil War, the _______ was becoming more industrialized and the _______was becoming more dependent on slavery to run plantations.

39. Name 3 economic reasons why people in the United States began moving west.

40. Who invented the steamboat?

41. People moved west because _________ was becoming cheaper and faster.