USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Because I was born into ____, I was scared I might be sold and never see my family again.
A
artisan
B
slavery
C
merchant
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -“I got a tree on my back and a haint in my house, and nothing in between but the daughter I am holding in my arms. No more running-from nothing, I will never run from another thing on this earth. I took one journey and I paid for the ticket, but let me tell you something, Paul D Garner; it cost too much!”

Detailed explanation-2: -“Because slave life had ‘busted her legs, back, head, eyes, hands, kidneys, womb and tongue, ’ she had nothing left to make a living with but her heart-which she put to work at once.”

Detailed explanation-3: -Summary: Chapter 25 Stamp Paid visits Paul D in the church and finds that Paul D has been drinking his troubles away. A white man stops by to ask if the men know Judy of Plank Road. Though Stamp knows her, he feigns ignorance. The white man reprimands Paul D for drinking on church grounds and then rides away.

Detailed explanation-4: -“After I left you, those boys came in there and took my milk. That’s what they came in there for. Held me down and took it.

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