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Quiz for Document 16–3: Advertisements from the Christian Recorder, 1865–1870

Choose the best answer to each question.

Question 16.8

1. What do the advertisements placed by former slaves for information about family members suggest about the role of the family in the lives of former slaves?

Former slaves tried to maintain family ties and keep informed about each others’ whereabouts.

Former slaves had given up all hope on reunions with sold family members.

Former slaves and their owners had mixed so thoroughly that finding family members was easy.

Former slaves began searching for loved ones only after they learned how to read and write.

Question 16.9

2. What do the locations listed in the advertisements suggest about the geographic mobility of African Americans during and after slavery?

It was not unusual for African Americans to cross state lines.

African Americans remained tethered to their place of birth.

Most African Americans relocated to northern states.

African Americans avoided cities for safety reasons.

Question 16.10

3. How did these advertisements reach a larger audience?

Newspapers in major cities reprinted the advertisements.

The Freedmen’s Bureau compiled the advertisements at a central office.

They were mailed to hospitals across the South.

Ministers relayed the advertisements to their congregations.