3. Document Project 3: Tobacco and Slaves

Quiz for Document 3.6 Joseph Ball Instructs His Nephew on Managing Enslaved Workers, 1743

Quiz for Document 3.6: Joseph Ball Instructs His Nephew on Managing Enslaved Workers, 1743

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. What can be said about slave experiences after reading Joseph Ball's letter?

All slaves attended church.

Slave masters were benevolent and caring.

Slave experiences varied dramatically based on slave masters.

Slave masters used excessive physical violence to instill obedience in slaves.

2. Which of the following is true of Joseph Ball according to his own letter?

He trusted midwives.

He trusted doctors.

He did not want pregnant slaves.

He did not believe in bloodletting.

3. Which of the following likely describes Ball’s views toward his slaves?

They are superior and intelligent beings.

They are inferior yet deserving of fair treatment.

They are undeserving and troublesome.

They are equal to whites and trustworthy.

4. What was the benefit of providing fair and reasonable treatment and meeting the basic needs of one’s slaves in the eighteenth century?

Obedience and loyalty

Dissension and anger

Encouragement of rebellion

Lower productivity

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