To Be A Slave

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Narrative (14)

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Susceptible (17)

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Inexhaustible (18)

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Align (20)

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Stupor (21)

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Reckon (30)

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Dexterity (35)

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Assurance (39)

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Inhuman (42)

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Fluctuate (44)

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Vicinity (46)

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Synonymous (48)

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Rare (51)

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Stout (54)

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Cultivate (61)

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Convulsions (63)

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Cumbersome (69)

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Delinquent (72)

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Inferior (76)

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Torment (82)

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Maim (85)

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Abode (88)

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Adjacent (91)

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Vanity (94)

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Insubordination (96)

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Duplicity (99)

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Portentous (111)

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Obligation (115)

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Miry (115)

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Gambol (116)

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Insurrection (117)

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Reign (119)

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Solitary (123)

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Magnitude (129)

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Intent (134)

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Emancipation (133)

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Eloquent (143)

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Inadequate (144)

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Deduct (146)

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Segregation (150)

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Comprehension Questions
Copy the sentences below into your reading journal.
Each answer should be written as a complete paragraph.
Paragraphs should be at least 4 sentences long.
You should restate the question in your first sentence.
Pages 13- 27: How were Africans taken from their native continent? How were these individuals
transported to the American continents?
Pages 28 42: What were some of the ways that slaves dealt with the horrible conditions they
faced?
Pages 43 58: How were slaves bought and sold in the southern states? How would a purchased
slave arrive at their new place of employ?
Pages 59 75: In what ways was cotton important to the lives of some slaves?
Pages 76 89: In what physical and mental ways were slaves kept in their enslavement?
Pages 90 105: What are a few examples of "rascality" Why wopuld some slaves choose to
behave in this manner?
Pages 106 116: In what ways was music important to those trapped in slavery?
Pages 117 129: What options (legal and illegal) would slaves have if they did not want to labor?
Pages 130 143: Why do you think slaves would have different reactions to the end of their
enslavement?
Pages 144 156: Did freeing the slaves of the south make them immediately better off? Why or
why not?