| A | B |
|---|
| subsistence farming | Producing just enough to meet their families needs with little left over. |
| relied | depended on |
| triangular trade | Trade route that involved shipping goods for slaves. |
| Middle Passage | Slaves in Africa boarded a ship and were shipped cruely to the West Indies. |
| Olaudah Equiano | A young African, forced on a ship described his journey. |
| cash crops | sold on the colonial market and overseas |
| principal | most important |
| surplus | extra amounts |
| Tidewater | a region of flat low-lying plains along the seacoast. |
| backcountry | Region of hills and forests climb up toward the Appalachian Mountains. |
| overseers | bosses hired by plantation owners. |
| slave code | srict rules that governed the behavior and punishment of enslaved Africans. |
