Sugar Plantations: Control of Enslaved Africans

The economic, physical and social control exerted over ______ Africans on sugar plantations.

It was illegal for an ______ to own property without his master's consent.

Planters enacted laws that prevented Africans from planting ______ crops of cotton or sugar cane.

Physical measures included placing the ______ persons in stocks.

Laws restricted the movement of ______ people on the islands.

Curfew were enacted to manage the movement and assembling of persons from planning events or ______.

Planters were allowed to sell their property and separate a ______ at any time prior to 1823.

The enslaved Africans were forced to celebrate and practice ______ holidays.

Blowing horns or beating drums were forbidden as these were forms that Africans were able to ______ with each other.

Africans were forced to accept ______ religious practices and beliefs.

Reading or learning to read was a ______ crime.

The enslaved themselves often suffered severe ______ for the crime of literacy.

Economic Control

Enslaved Africans were economically controlled, making them dependent on planters and less likely to attempt escape.
Illegal for enslaved people to own property without their master's consent.
Provision ground size was limited to prevent substantial profits or self-sufficiency.

Physical Control

Physical measures included:
- Stocks (wooden frames to restrict movement)
- Severe beatings
- Amputation of limbs
- Killing
Laws restricted movement, prohibiting enslaved people from leaving the plantation without permission.
Curfews were enacted to manage movement and assembly.
Relationships between enslaved people from different plantations were forbidden.

Enslaved Africans were forced to celebrate and practice Western holidays.
African cultural practices, such as blowing horns or beating drums, were forbidden.
African Spiritualism and Islam were prohibited.
Enslaved people were forced to adopt European religious practices and beliefs.

Education was prohibited for enslaved Africans.
Reading or learning to read was a punishable crime.
Anyone caught teaching an enslaved person to read would be severely whipped.
Enslaved people who learned to read suffered severe punishments, including savage beatings and amputation of fingers and toes.

This quiz explores the economic, physical, and social control exerted over enslaved Africans on sugar plantations, including limitations on property ownership and provision grounds. Test your knowledge of the restrictive systems in place during this period.