Slaves were brought over from Africa through the ___________________ ___________________ ___________________. Slaves were bought for cash ___________________, such as cotton, sugar,
and tobacco, which were traded in England for manufactured goods, such as rum and guns. The
______________________________________ of slaves made white Southern ___________________ owners a lot of money. Many slave owners also believed in ______________________________________
and thought slaves were inferior to whites because of the color of their skin. They used this reasoning to justify their harsh treatment of African Americans. Although there were many in the South who economically benefited from slavery, Frederick Douglass was a famous ___________________ who fought for the end of slavery. A former slave himself, he witnessed the horrors of the ___________________ firsthand.
words you need to use:
• Triangular slave trade
• Abolitionist
• System
• Enforced labor
• Plantation
• Crops
• Racial inequality