| A | B |
| plantation | large farm |
| Big House | home of the master and his family |
| overseer | man who ran the plantation for the owner |
| Underground Railroad | route to freedom for escaped slaves |
| North Star | star that the slaves followed to get to Canada |
| Field | land on which crops are planted |
| seamstress | person who sews |
| master | owner of slaves |
| Canada | country north of the United States |
| Quarters | section of the plantation on which the slaves lived |