Which of the following describes the “underground economy”?
a) the economic activities of slaves outside their unremunerated labor for the slaveholder
b) the smuggling of banned products by slaves onto the plantations
c) the tunnels dug by slaves to facilitate their escape from the plantations
d) the purchase of slaves from abroad after the international slave trade was banned
a) the economic activities of slaves outside their unremunerated labor for the slaveholder
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What will be an ideal response?
American slave traders transported thousands of enslaved men, women, and children to the __________ for sale
A) British empire B) Caribbean C) Upper South D) Lower South
The first hominid to leave Africa and move into Europe and Asia was Homo sapiens
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
A modern explanation for why the majority of people accused of witchcraft were women holds that
a. witchcraft comes from women's insatiable carnal lust. b. the abandonment of the cult of the Virgin Mary by the Protestants fanned misogyny. c. the pressure of population growth led to a greater consumption of mind-altering substances. d. the decline in the sense of communal responsibility for its weaker members led to suspicion and hostility. e. contact with previously undiscovered societies in the New World led to a crisis in faith.