Slave Resistance

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1. Which of the following forms of protest 5. Which of the following was NOT
were used by the slaves in the eighteenth included in the 1739 peace treaty between
century? the Maroons of Trelawney, Jamaica and the
I. Armed revolt British?
II. Sabotage a. They would help the British fight off any
invading foreign enemy.
III. Writing petitions to the Crown b. They were free to occupy an area set
IV. Poisoning of livestock * aside for them.
c. They could farm and get licences to sell
a. I and II only their products in the market
b. II and III only d. They could accept any runaway slaves
c. I, II and IV only as members of their community
d. I, III and IV only
6. Which of the following factors
2. Which of the following enslaved persons contributed to the success of the Maroons
were MOST likely to use poisoning of in Jamaica and Suriname in their resistance
owners as a means of resistance? * to slavery?
a. Artisans I. Large size of the two territories
b. Domestics
c. Field hands II. Nearness of difficult and remote terrain
d. Factory workers III. Cooperation of free coloureds *

3. Which of the following BEST explain a. I and II only

why slave revolts were more common in b. I and III only
Jamaica than in the Leeward and Windward c. II and III only
d. I, II and III
islands in the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries? 7. Which of the following were NOT
I. The ration of slaves to whites was higher runaway slaves? *
in Jamaica. a. Black Jacobins of St. Domingue
b. 'Cimaroons' of Cuba
II. The presence of the Maroons in Jamaica
c. Bush Negroes of Suriname
motivated slaves to rebel. d. Maroons of Jamaica
III. Slaves in the Leewards ad Windwards
8. A MAJOR cause of the 'Bussa Revolt' of
were well treated.
1816 in Barbados was the *
IV. Plantations in Jamaica were larger and
a. activity of free blacks and coloureds
more difficult to control. * b. belief that emancipation was being
delayed
a. I and II only c. influence of Sam Sharpe's revolt in
b. II and III only Jamaica
c. I. II and IV only d. shortage of provisions for the enslaved
d. I, II, III and IV Africans

4. Which of the following was NOT a law 9. The enslaved Africans of Berbice
concerning African slaves in the rebelled for all the following reasons
Caribbean? * EXCEPT *
a. The Code Noir a. They wanted their freedom
b. The Siete Partidas b. They were inspired by the Haitian
c. The Laws of Burgos Revolution
d. The Abolition Act c. They were poorly treated
d. They were inspired by the Maroon
groups
10. All the following were groups in St.
Domingue EXCEPT *
a. Affranchis
b. Petit Blancs
c. San Culottes
d. Grand Blancs
11. The free coloureds of St. Domingue
revolted in 1790 because they *
a. wished to assist the slaves
b. were dissatisfied with their status in
society
c. wanted to prevent the slaves from
revolting
d. support the King of France
12. The free coloureds in St. Domingue saw
in the outbreak of the French Revolution an
opportunity to *
a. violently suppress the rule of the whites
in the colony
b. demand social and political rights for all
social groups
c. fight for an end to slavery in the colony
d. demand greater social and political
rights for themselves
13. Toussaint contributed to the success of
the Haitian Revolution MAINLY by *
a. organising the slaves into a formidable
fighting force
b. developing an alliance with the British
c. setting up a system of fortification
d. dividing the country between the blacks
and the mulattoes
14. The motive of the enslaved Africans
during the insurrection in St. Domingue
was MAINLY to *
a. associate with the whites
b. acquire their own plantations
c. free all the enslaved in the country
d. establish the first independent black
republic
15. The first black ruler of St. Domingue
after the overthrow of the white planters
was *
a. Boyer
b. Christophe
c. Dessalines
d. L'Ouverture
16. The slaves of St. Domingue were
successful in the Haitian Revolution
because of
I. white troops being killed by yellow fever
II. good leadership from among the slaves
III. the imprisonment of Toussaint
L'Ouverture *
a. I and II only
b. I and III only
c. II and III only
d. I, II and III
17. The expedition sent by Napoleon to St.
Domingue in 1801 was intended MAINLY
to *
a. expel the British
b. abolish slavery
c. punish the colonists
d. restore French control
18. Which of the following conditions did
NOT result from the Haitian Revolution? *
a. The economy of the island was almost
destroyed
b. The pattern of land ownership changed
c. The mulattoes were wiped out
d. The country became independent from
France
19. Which of the following can be
considered the MAJOR achievement of St.
Domingue by 1804? *
a. Independence from France
b. Reorganization of the sugar estates
c. renewed importation of Blacks to the
island
d. Establishment of Catholicism as the
state religion
20. Which of the following were
consequences of the Haitian Revolution?
I. All the slaves were freed
II. All the mulattoes left the island
III. The colony gained political
independence *
a. I and II only
b. I and III only
c. II and III only
d. I, II and III
21. The Demerara Revolt of 1823 was 27. Which of the following freedom fighter
related to the * is NOT correctly paired to the territory? *
a. dispatch of amelioration proposals to the a. Cuffy - Berbice
British colonies b. Bussa - Barbados
b. establishment of the system of c. Sam Sharpe - Jamaica
apprenticeship in Demerara d. Toussaint - Santo Domingo
c. act abolishing the system of slavery
d. act abolishing the slave trade 28. The MAIN reason for the success of the
Haitian Revolution was the *
22. Which of the following events in the a. superior leadership of Toussaint
Caribbean was influenced MOST by the b. guerrilla tactics of the enslaved Africans
French Revolution? * c. alliance the enslaved Africans made with
a. The Maroon rebellion in Jamaica the coloureds
b. The Carib uprising in St. Vincent d. support the enslaved Africans received
c. The mulatto revolt in St. Domingue from the British
d. The uprising of the enslaved in
Dominica
29. In 1763, a major slave uprising took
23. The government's failure to implement place in the Dutch colony of
the Amelioration Proposals contributed to a. St. Eustatius
the outbreak of a rebellion in 1831 in *
b. Curacao
a. Barbados
b. Guyana c. Berbice
c. Jamaica
d. Trinidad d. Suriname
30. The Registry Bill (1815) was
24. In which order did the following revolts intended to
occur? * a. Punish save masters
a. Christmas Rebellion, Berbice Rebellion, b. Register persons born into
Haitian Revolution, Bussa Rebellion slavery
b. Berbice Rebellion, Haitian Revolution, c. Prevent the illegal sale of the
Bussa Rebellion, Christmas Rebellion enslaved
c. Bussa Rebellion, Haitian Revolution, d. Continue the excessive
Christmas Rebellion, Berbice Rebellion punishment of the enslaved
d. Haitian Revolution, Berbice Revolt,
Bussa Rebellion, Christmas Rebellion 31. The Haitian Revolution started in
a. 1783
25. Which of the following is the LEAST b. 1791
accurate reason for the enthusiastic growing c. 1793
of provisions by enslaved persons? * d. 1795
a. To secure skilled jobs and supervisory
32. Which of the following person was
positions
b. To improve their diet through NOT a leader of the enslaved
cultivation, sale and purchase Africans in the Haitian Revolution?
c. To source funds for manumissions
d. To obtain time for planning rebellions a. Duvalier
b. Boukman
26. The existence of maroon societies in c. Christophe
d. Dessalines
Jamaica in the 1700s may BEST be
explained by the * 33. Which slave revolt forced the
a. influence of the Haitian slaves British government to give serious
b. presence of the British soldiers consideration to the Emancipation
c. presence of mountainous terrain Proposal?
d. influence of newly arrived Africans a. Bussa Revolt
b. Berbice Revolt
c. Haitian Revolution
d. Christmas Rebellion