LITERATURE QUESTIONS
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
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Most slave children lived in two-family homes.
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Slave owners did not allow their slaves to live as married couples.
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Slaves were given limited civil rights.
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Most slaves were not Christian.
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Detailed explanation-1: -A father might have one owner, his “wife” and children another. Some enslaved people lived in nuclear families with a mother, father, and children. In these cases each family member belonged to the same owner. Others lived in near-nuclear families in which the father had a different owner than the mother and children.
Detailed explanation-2: -Slave children, under their parents and masters, lived in fear of punishment and isolation. Though circumstances widely varied, they often worked in fields with adults, tended animals, cleaned and served in their owners’ houses, and took care of younger children while their parents were working.
Detailed explanation-3: -Read this excerpt from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass: Which of the following sentences best describes Douglass’s opinion about slavery? Slavery is a degrading institution to all those involved.
Detailed explanation-4: -The key characteristics of slavery are ones generally agreed such as the loss of freedom of movement and legal rights. In the ancient world, slavery developed for a number of reasons including economic necessity especially in civilizations and agricultural economies where larger workforces were needed.