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Cards in this set: Term tobacco Definition In 1634, farmers in the Chesepeake Bay Region imported white and black indentured servants and later, enslaved Africans to profitably grow what crop? Term salt Definition Although it is said that about two-thirds of the gold used to mint coins in Europe and the Arab world came from the Songhai region, another mineral was somtimes more precious then gold to the people of Songhai. What was this mineral? Term Massachusetts Definition In 1641, what colony became the first to recognize slavery as a legal institution? Term 20 pounds of tobacco Definition In 1642, Virginia passed a law to stop people from helping runaway enslaved Africans. Individuals could be fined for each night he/she sheltered a runaway. What fine was imposed? Term 1664 Definition In what year did Maryland pass a law that recognized slavery as legal? Term Royal African Company Definition To maintain a slave trading monopoly and a constant supply of enslaved African labor, the British government gave a charter to what company? Term wooden clock Definition Benjamin Banneker was known as a scientist, astronomer, and surveyor, but he, too, was an inventor. What was his major invention that was probably the first of its kind to be built in the United States? Term Prince Hall Definition This African American patriot fought at the battle of Bunker Hill in 1775. He petitioned the Massachusetts legislature to help him and others return to Africa. This is considered the first recorded attempt by Blacks to return home. He was also the first African American to join a Masonic order. He later established his own order that has a membership of over 250,000 today. Name him. Term The "three-fifths" Compromise Definition In 1787, this act passed by Congress determined the number of representatives from each state. Enslaved Blacks had no voice in government but their numbers accounted for each state's seat in the House of Representatives. What act made this possible? Term Baltimore, Maryland Definition For 50 years before the Civil War, more than a dozen slave traders, including the leading traders--Austin Woolfolk and Hope H. Slatter. operated from storefronts along Pratt Street and Fells Point in this city. These traders offered to house and feed enslaved Africans and to purchase enslaved black persons sold at the New Orleans market. Name the city. Term Harriet Tubman Definition She made at least 19 trips into the South and helped an estimated 300 enslaved Black people escape to freedom-including her parents and several of her brothers and sisters. She, herself, had escaped from slavery in Maryland in 1849. Slave holders had a $40,000 reward for her capture. She was known as "Moses of her people." She lived for 8 years in St. Catherines in Canada and then moved along with her parents to a home in Auburn, New York where she lived until she died at 96 years of age. Name her.