Enslaved People
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- In this lesson, we will learn about the enslaved people who worked on the sugar plantations in British America.
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5 Questions
Q1.
What is a sugar baron?
a noble person who lived in England and liked to eat sugar
a person who stole sugar from plantation owners
an enslaved person who worked on a sugar plantation
Q2.
At first who did the sugar barons get to work on their plantations?
Enslaved people
Family members
They did all the work themselves
Q3.
What did Christopher Codrington do with much of his money when he died?
Gave it to enslaved people
He had no money left when he died
Used it to set enslaved people on his plantations free
Q4.
Who did Robert Cooper Ashby have most of his children with?
A mixed race woman whose name we don't know
He didn't have any children
His wife, Mary
Q5.
What did sugar barons receive from the British government as part of the abolition of slavery?
Nothing
Prison sentences
Respect
5 Questions
Q1.
Which part of British America gained its independence in 1783?
Barbados
Canada
Jamaica
Q2.
Where did most enslaved people who were born in Barbados come from?
Europe
North America
Southern Africa
Q3.
Which of the below was NOT a job that enslaved people on Barbados did?
Carpenter
Domestic servant
Field worker
Q4.
Slavery was officially abolished in the British Empire in 1834, but John Stephen's baptism record from 1835 says 'Adult- owned by Robert Cooper Ashby'. What does this suggest?
Abolition meant enslaved people could now be baptised
Enslaved people were freed as soon as abolition happened
John Stephen wasn't religious
Q5.
What was the outcome of Bussa's Rebellion?
All enslaved people were executed
All enslaved people were freed
It led to enslaved people running Barbados