(je vous donne 20 pts) Bonjour pouvez vous m'aider svp Il faut compléter le texte avec les mot manquants:
settlers - huts -living -allowed- plantations -cramped -every -segregation.-
eliminate -ships- slaves punishment harvest slave trade plot ill-fitting profitable
real free signed owner free time dare war economy emancipate
et voici le texte :
The Living Conditions of Slaves in America
Slavery was practiced throughout the American colonies in the
17th and 18th centuries. It started in 1671 when the first
_____________ arrived in America. In 186O, there were 3.5
million enslaved African Americans in the US due to the Atlantic
__________ ________________. Captured men, women and
children were brought from Africa to America on slave
____________ then sold to the merchants who brought their
'merchandise'. It was a very ________________ business.
A lot of ___________ helped build the new nation by working on _____________ to
____________ crops such as tobacco, sugar cane crops and cotton. They were ill-treated and were
denied any form of citizenship.
They weren't _______________ to speak their own language or even use their ____________
name because slave __________ wanted to ______________ their culture and identity. They were
considered as livestock and by their owner.
Most slaves had to work from sunrise to sunset. Some owners made their slaves work
____________ day, others allowed slaves one day a month off and some
allowed their slaves to have Sundays as a rest-day.
Slaves were allocated an area of the plantation for their ___________
quarters.
On some plantations the owners would provide the slaves with housing,
usually small ________, on others the slaves had to build their own
homes. Living conditions were __________ with sometimes as many as ten
people sharing a hut. They had to rely on their owners providing them with
housing or building materials, pots and pans for cooking and eating, food and clothing.
Slaves would be given one pair of shoes and three items of underwear a year. Although these and
other clothing would be provided by their owner, they were often ____________and made of
coarse material.
Slaves would spend their __________ __________ mending their huts, making pots and pans and
relaxing. Some plantation owners allowed their slaves a small ___________ of land to grow things to
supplement their diet.
Slaves were not allowed to read or write, but some were allowed to go to church.
Most did not __________ complain for fear of receiving a whipping or worse _____________.
Many slaves tried to _____________ themselves either by revolts or by fleeing, but most of them
were caught and killed. Those who fled went to Canada, thanks to the help of the Underground
Railroad, freed slaves and white sympathisers.
In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Declaration. This act made all slaves
free. It was not at all a humanist decision though. Lincoln ___________ the act mainly because of
the Civil War. The Northern and the Southern States fought in a _____________ and the
__________ of the latter relied heavily on slavery. Texas was the last state to ____________
African Americans in 1865. Even though African Americans were freed, they were still second-class
citizen. After slavery, black people experienced __________________
settlers - huts -living -allowed- plantations -cramped -every -segregation.-
eliminate -ships- slaves punishment harvest slave trade plot ill-fitting profitable
real free signed owner free time dare war economy emancipate
et voici le texte :
The Living Conditions of Slaves in America
Slavery was practiced throughout the American colonies in the
17th and 18th centuries. It started in 1671 when the first
_____________ arrived in America. In 186O, there were 3.5
million enslaved African Americans in the US due to the Atlantic
__________ ________________. Captured men, women and
children were brought from Africa to America on slave
____________ then sold to the merchants who brought their
'merchandise'. It was a very ________________ business.
A lot of ___________ helped build the new nation by working on _____________ to
____________ crops such as tobacco, sugar cane crops and cotton. They were ill-treated and were
denied any form of citizenship.
They weren't _______________ to speak their own language or even use their ____________
name because slave __________ wanted to ______________ their culture and identity. They were
considered as livestock and by their owner.
Most slaves had to work from sunrise to sunset. Some owners made their slaves work
____________ day, others allowed slaves one day a month off and some
allowed their slaves to have Sundays as a rest-day.
Slaves were allocated an area of the plantation for their ___________
quarters.
On some plantations the owners would provide the slaves with housing,
usually small ________, on others the slaves had to build their own
homes. Living conditions were __________ with sometimes as many as ten
people sharing a hut. They had to rely on their owners providing them with
housing or building materials, pots and pans for cooking and eating, food and clothing.
Slaves would be given one pair of shoes and three items of underwear a year. Although these and
other clothing would be provided by their owner, they were often ____________and made of
coarse material.
Slaves would spend their __________ __________ mending their huts, making pots and pans and
relaxing. Some plantation owners allowed their slaves a small ___________ of land to grow things to
supplement their diet.
Slaves were not allowed to read or write, but some were allowed to go to church.
Most did not __________ complain for fear of receiving a whipping or worse _____________.
Many slaves tried to _____________ themselves either by revolts or by fleeing, but most of them
were caught and killed. Those who fled went to Canada, thanks to the help of the Underground
Railroad, freed slaves and white sympathisers.
In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Declaration. This act made all slaves
free. It was not at all a humanist decision though. Lincoln ___________ the act mainly because of
the Civil War. The Northern and the Southern States fought in a _____________ and the
__________ of the latter relied heavily on slavery. Texas was the last state to ____________
African Americans in 1865. Even though African Americans were freed, they were still second-class
citizen. After slavery, black people experienced __________________
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