Question

Jumping over a broomstick was a ceremony celebrating:

a. a slave marriage.
b. a slave’s promotion from field hand to domestic servant.
c. surviving the Middle Passage.
d. the birth of a slave baby.
e. a fugitive slave arriving in a free state."

Answer 1

Answer: a. a slave marriage

Explanation: This symbolized the wife's willingness to clean the household she was entering.