Slavery was practiced throughout the American colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries. It started in 1671 when the first _____________ arrived in America. In 186O, there were 3.5 million enslaved African Americans in the US due to the Atlantic __________ ________________. Captured men, women and children were brought from Africa to America on slave ____________ then sold to the merchants who brought their 'merchandise'. It was a very ________________ business.
A lot of ___________ helped build the new nation by working on _____________ to ____________ crops such as tobacco, sugar cane crops and cotton. They were ill-treated and were denied any form of citizenship.
They weren't _______________ to speak their own language or even use their ____________ name because slave __________ wanted to ______________ their culture and identity. They were considered as livestock by their owner.
Most slaves had to work from sunrise to sunset. Some owners made their slaves work ____________ day, others allowed slaves one day a month off and some allowed their slaves to have Sundays as a rest-day.
Slaves were allocated an area of the plantation for their ___________ quarters.
On some plantations the owners would provide the slaves with housing, usually small ________, on others the slaves had to build their own homes. Living conditions were __________ with sometimes as many as ten people sharing a hut. They had to rely on their owners providing them with housing or building materials, pots and pans for cooking and eating, food and clothing.
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