The institution of Slavery

Match the vocabulary words with their definitions. 1.a rising against established authority 2.setting free from slavery 3.bound by a contract to serve or work for a period of time

1.insurrection 2.emancipation 3. indentured

Emancipation societies wanted to do away with slavery because of their interest in slaves as

Human Beings

The American Colonization Society planned to send freed slaves to: the North Liberia Nigeria none of these

Liberia

Slavery soon proved to be impractical in the _______, but the invention of the cotton gin made it profitable in the______.

North South

No one but the ______ objected morally to slavery until the early 1800s.

Quakers

After which war did slavery decline because ideas toward individual freedom were changing, and people were starting to respect human rights?

Revolutionary war

Why was slavery a paradox?

Slavery was a paradox because slaves were considered human beings physically but legally were nothing more than property.

Which group proved to be more profitable because they were permanent possessions of their master? Indentured servants Slaves

Slaves

Before the 1830s, more emancipation societies existed in the: North South East West

South

True or False Southerners defended slavery by stating that slaves were necessary for economic survival.

True