Underground to Canada Ch 7

 Please send completed Chapters 5, 6, 7 to me to get credit

Chapter 7

- how does the author describe the blossom of cotton plants in this chapter

 

 

- how many pounds of cotton each slave must pick each day? __________________.

Predict how many garbage bags must be filled with this much cotton bolls (remember, cotton is very light)

 

- “Twenty five lashes in the back with the Cat-O’-Nine tail is the punishment if they don’t meet the measure.” What is this about?

 

- Sims likes to whip slaves in front of others. Why do you think he does that?

 

- in this chapter, the girls talk about Canada.  Name three false impressions about Canada.

 

 

- There are three things that really bother Liza and Julilly when they are picking cotton. What are these three things?

 

 

- when Sims strikes on Julilly’s back, describe the pain that she experiences (something to do with bees)

 

(Mammy sally said that) “ it is easy to know the thoughts of a white man by the look in his eyes. A black man learned to keep his thoughts inside his head and pull shades down over his eyes so the white man couldn’t see inside.”

- explain the sentence above please