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2. Where had the first slaves sold to English settlers been kidnapped?

  • South America
  • The Carribean
  • They were already living in English colonies
  • Asia

3. What is the defintion of an overseer?

  • a plantation supervisor who watched over and directed the work of others
  • someone who was a slave
  • a man who watched over his master's children
  • the master's wife who watched over the worker in the kitchen

4. Why did the English pick Africans for slaves instead of Native Americans (Indians)?

  • For all these reasons
  • Because Native Americans had friends from countries who could help them if they were captured.
  • Indians could slip away easily
  • The Indians had far better knowledge of the fields and forests than the English did.

5. Which kind of people were commonly sold in the slave trade?

  • Indian
  • Africans
  • English
  • Americans

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