How many slaves total do historians believe died during the passage from Africa to the New World?
3-5 million
Why did American Indians die by the thousands?
because of sickness that came from European countries
Who started growing tobacco as a cash crop at Jamestown?
John Rolfe
Slave labor was used to grow the cash cfops of tobacco and ______________.
cotton
One slave too care of how many tobacco plants?
10 to 20 thousand
Who did John Rolfe marry in 1614?
Pocahontas
How many pounds of tobacco did Rolfe send to England in 1613?
2,300 pounds
How did slavery change in 1662 in Virginia?
A law said if your mother was a slave, you were a slave.
How long did slaves work in the fields?
sunrise to sundown
What people group was less susceptible to European diseases?
Africans
African slaves were taken away from whom?
Their families
Use the timeline in this week's paper ti answer this question: What happened first?
John Rolfe grew tobacco that people liked.
287,959 slaves lived in VIrginia.
20 slaves arrived in Virginia.
Virginia made $12 million from tobacco.
What did slave traders do to slaves on the ship (especially the men)?
They chained them together in the bottom part of the ship.
Why is a tobacco hornworm hard to see?
because they eat on the underside of leaves
What are cash crops?
Crops that people sell to make money.
What was special about Anthony Johnson?
He was an indentured servant who earned his freedom and owned land.
Why is the tobacco hornworm called "hornworm"?
Because it has a red-colored horn on one end.
How many slaves total did slave traders bring to the New World in the 1650s?
9 to 15 million
How young was the youngest slave who worked in the fields?
seven
King James 1 of England said that tobacco was _____________.
harmful
What did slaves remove from tobacco leaves in order to protect a crop from being destroyed?
tobacco hornworm
In 1705, the Virginia General Assembly wrote a law about slavery. It said:
slavery was for life
When did Pocahontas die?
on a trip to England with her husband
What was the slavery journey from Africa to North America called?
the middle passage
For those who made money, tobacco was brown gold. For slaves, it was_______________.
an evil weed
How did slaves kill tobacco hornworms before the worms could destroy the crop?
They threw the hornworms on the ground and stomped on them.