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What is the difference between manumission and emancipation of the enslaved?

A
Manumission permitted the enslaver to release a person on their own terms, while emancipation forced enslavers to legally free those they enslaved.
B
Manumission is legally freeing enslaved people, while emancipation is abolishing the institution of slavery.
C
Manumission is abolishing the institution of slavery, while emancipation is allowing an enslaved person to purchase their freedom.
D
Emancipation permitted the enslaver to release a person from slavery on their own terms, while manumission forced enslavers to legally free those they enslaved.
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Which statement describes slavery in ancient Rome and Greece?

A
People were enslaved for life.
B
A person's race determined if they were enslaved.
C
Slavery was the same as indentured servitude.
D
People from foreign countries were often enslaved.
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By the 1700s, what about slavery had changed?

A
Enslaved people could be emancipated.
B
All enslaved people were of African descent.
C
Enslaved people were considered employees.
D
All enslaved people were separated from family.
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Maria Stewart, abolitionist and former enslaved person, believed what most harmed enslaved people was a lack of access to

A
shelter.
B
education.
C
identity.
D
family.
5

The leader in the British abolition movement was

A
Mary Stewart.
B
Frederick Douglass.
C
William Wilberforce.
D
Olaudah Equiano.
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The purpose of the slave codes was to

A
legally protect enslaved persons.
B
legally protect slavery.
C
define how enslaved persons should be treated.
D
define an enslaved person’s road to emancipation.
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How has the abolition of slavery in Britain and the US affected the issue of global slavery up to the present day?

A
It has reduced slavery worldwide, yet over thirty million people are still enslaved today.
B
It has erased slavery from existence in all parts of the modern-day world.
C
It has ended forced labor, but it has not eliminated other forms of slavery in the world today.
D
It has shown no impact on the global effort to end slavery since colonial times.
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Prior to exploration, which applied to enslaved persons in Africa? Choose three answers.They were considered to be an investment for their enslavers.They could be freed by manumission.They were seen as a sign of their ensalver's wealth.They worked in agriculture.They were foreign criminals.

A
They were considered to be an investment for their enslavers.
B
They could be freed by manumission.
C
They were seen as a sign of their ensalver's wealth.
D
They worked in agriculture.
E
They were foreign criminals.

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