| A | B |
|---|
| abolitionists | people who believed that slavery should be against the law |
| apprentice | someone who works for another person to learn a trade |
| assisted | helped |
| captives | prisoners |
| conflict | a struggle; a war |
| dread | grim fear |
| encouraged | gave support to someone's efforts or plans |
| enslavement | being owned or controlled by another person |
| influential | having the power to affect events or sway opinions |
| privateers | ships that are privately owned but are urged to attack enemy ships during a war |
| tacking | changing direction while sailing |
| unfortuanate | unlucky |
| bound | having a duty to do something |
| recruiter | someone who signs up new soldiers |
| comrades | friends who share an experience |
