The Old Plantation
(Source: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center,
Williamsburg, Virginia)
Question 0100209:
Which of the following is not true about American colonial slavery in the 1600s?
(A) the first slaves arrived in 1619
(B) by 1700, slaves greatly outnumbered indentured servants
(C) in some southern colonies, it was made a crime for a slave to insult a white person, regardless of position
(D) marriage was strongly encouraged by slaveowners as a manner of establishing a strong slave plantation community
(E) slavery grew slowly in the first half of the century
Which of the following is not true about American colonial slavery in the 1600s?
(A) the first slaves arrived in 1619
(B) by 1700, slaves greatly outnumbered indentured servants
(C) in some southern colonies, it was made a crime for a slave to insult a white person, regardless of position
(D) marriage was strongly encouraged by slaveowners as a manner of establishing a strong slave plantation community
(E) slavery grew slowly in the first half of the century