Across
- 2. a place where slaves were sold
- 5. also known as drivers made sure that slaves followed orders and also gave punishments
- 9. a rebellion where Nat Turner led a group of slaves in Virginia to end slavery killing 20 white people
- 11. a machine invented by Eli Whitney to remove seeds from short-staple cotton
- 12. slaves who worked outside were supervised by ____.
Down
- 1. A slave who started a rebellion in Virginia because God told him to end slavery
- 3. christian songs sung by enslaved African Americans
- 4. earned his freedom by working for wages as a cotton gin maker
- 6. laws that controlled slaves
- 7. passing down stories, poems, and songs by word of mouth
- 8. all field hands worked on the same task at the same time
- 10. a story that often provides a moral lesson