| A | B |
|---|
| auction | A sale in which articles are sold to the person willing to pay the most money. |
| Bill of Rights | The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution |
| cotton gin | A machine for removing seeds |
| enslavement | The act of forcing someone to be a slave. |
| Middle Passage | The part of the triangular trade routes where slaves were carried across the Atlantic Ocean to the colonies |
| molasses | A dark syrup made form sugar cane |
| overseer | The person who was in charge of monitoring the operation of a plantation |
| Quakers | A religious group that did not believe in slavery |
| slave | a person forced to perform work for an owner without pay |
| slave trade | The business of buying and selling slaves |
| smokehouse | The building where ham and bacon were made |
| branding | Burning an owner's mark onto the skin of a living being |
| grist mill | A place where grain is ground into flour |
| indigo | A plant from which a blue dye is obtained |
| rations | Fixed, usually limited allowance of items such as food or clothing |
| bondage | Slavery, constraint |
