Interactive image

SLavery in the US

You need to find three hidden numbers.

Listen

Slaves were offered like any other goods. There were special markets where the owners of plantations could examine the health of slaves and buy them. Here you can see a mother and a daughter who were sold.

The slaves had to work on plantations. In this case they had to pick cotton. White men kept punishing those who didn't work fast enough or were too weak. The slaves had special songs to keep up with all the work and the bad treatment. Listen to an example here. https://youtu.be/zcJ6Wxdcj-E

Watch

Read

Read more

Open your workbooks at p. 63. Have a look at exercise 6. When you have finished the exercise enter your results inClick on the link. You will get a number when you succeed.

I was an American lawyer and statesman and served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until my assassination in 1865. I led the nation through the American Civil War and succeeded in preserving the Union, abolishing slavery, bolstering the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy. The number you are looking for is 10.