Compound Sentences

Directions: Use the sentences below to create 5 compound sentences. You should select two or more simple sentence to create five compound sentences. Spice up the sentences with outstanding vocabulary! When you have finished your sentences email them to me at cferguson@kippla.org be sure to include a proper heading!

DUE DATE: Friday, March 16th

In West Africa, land was owned by communities, not individuals.
In West Africa, slaves were viewed as part of the family.
In West Africa, slaves had many rights.
In West Africa, slaves could own property.
In West Africa, slaves could own other slaves.
Slavery in the 1800’s was socially acceptable.
Slavery in the 1800’s was legal in the American South.
Harriett Tubman is a well-known conductor of the Underground Railroad.
By 1841, India had about 8 million slaves.
Currently slavery is illegal in all countries.
Nazi Germany enslaved millions of people during the 1940s.
Nazi Germany forced many groups of people into concentration camps: communists, socialists, Jews, Gypsies, gays, prostitutes, Soviet prisoners of war and other foreigners.
In World War II, over 700,000 people were enslaved.
Currently slavery is happening in almost every country in the world.
In many Southeast Asian countries slavery still happens today.
Slavery has existed for thousands of years.
Today’s economy has enabled a resurgence of slavery.