Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 16, Lesson 2: A Look at Slavery (pp. 407-412)
I. The Hard Life of a Slave
B. On large plantations, overseers watched over and punished slaves in the fields.
C. Only the most basic physical needs were allowed to most slaves.
B. Slaves wrote songs and spirituals to ease the hardship of their daily lives.
B. Sometimes acts of resistance were daring such as trying to escape to freedom in the North.
C. Some slaves attacked their masters or organized slave revolts with little success.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. A slave owner's character, not the size of the plantation, determined how slaves were treated.
II. Surviving Slavery
A. Religion and music were important parts of the African American culture.
III. Resisting Slavery
A. Slaves often resisted in simple ways such as pretending to be sick.
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