| A | B |
| master | a male slave owner |
| mistress | a female slave owner |
| Underground Railroad | a route of secret paths to help runaway slaves |
| slave code | a group of laws that told what slaves and their masters could and could not do |
| revolt | a violent fight-an uprising |
| slave quarter | a community of slaves on a plantation |
| spirituals | religious songs sung by the slaves |
| trickster tales | stories told by the slaves aboaut a small animal tricking a stronger one |
| patrollers | men who watched the neighborhood at night for runaway slaves |