Which is true about slavery in the colonies? Slavery was legal in every colony except Rhode Island.

Masters who killed slaves could be charged with murder.

There were periodic slave revolts, but they all failed.

Children born to slaves were set free when they became adults.

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.