Chapter 9

Question 1

Dilemmas

Answer 1

Situations in which a person is forced to make a choice, even though there is no good choice to make.

Question 2

Enslaved Africans

Answer 2

People from Africa that were forced to give up their freedom and spend their lives obeying and working for their “owners”, or masters. Enslaves Africans are treated as a property that can be bought and sold.

Question 3

Americas

Answer 3

The continents of North and South America, along with the surrounding islands like those in the Caribbean Sea.

Question 4

Middle passage

Answer 4

The voyage of slave traders and enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to the Americas.

Question 5

Overseer

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Plantations

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Slave auctions

Answer 7

A sale in which slaves were sold to buyers who bid for them. Usually a slave was sold to the person making the highest bid.