Author Question: Examine the engraving of blacks from about 1858 on the first page of the chapter. How do historians ... (Read 72 times)

P68T · **on:** Aug 9, 2018

Examine the engraving of blacks from about 1858 on the first page of the chapter. How do historians know that this is a photograph of a southern plantation?

A) It shows enslaved women tending children for whites in an urban area.
B) It shows skilled slaves working on the docks of a city waterfront.
C) It shows slave families picking cotton while whites supervise them.
D) It shows sorrowful slaves being separated while angry whites glare at them.

Question 2

Examine the drawing of a slave coffle passing the Capitol that appears in Chapter 6. What aspect of the domestic slave trade does it depict?

A) It shows women being beaten by slave masters on plantations as whites watch.
B) It shows cotton growing in long rows as blacks of all ages pick the product.
C) It shows blacks chained together carrying goods as whites watch and drive them.
D) It shows a slave rebellion that includes men, women, and children attacking whites.