Ch. 8. Vocab Flashcards

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Enslaved Africans

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People from Africa, who are forced to give up their freedom and spend their lives obeying and working for their owners or masters. Enslaved Africans were treated as property that could be bought and sold.

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Dilemma

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Situation in which a person is forced to make a choice even though there is no good choice to make.

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Middle passage

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The voyage (“passage”) of slave traders and enslaved Africans across the Atlantic ocean from Africa to the Americas.

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Plantations

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A usually large area of privately owned land, where crops were grown with the labor of workers or slaves, who lived on the land

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America’s

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The continent of north and south America along with nearby islands like those in the Caribbean Sea.

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Slave auctions

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A sale in which slaves were sold to buyers, who bid (offered prices) for them.

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Overseer

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A person who was put in charge of the work of slaves. The overseer had great power over the slaves and could punish them for disobeying him.

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