| A | B |
|---|
| abolitionists | people who believe that slavery should be against the law |
| apprentice | someone who works for another person in order 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 | the state of being owned and controlled by another person |
| influential | having the power to affect evens or sway opinions |
| privateers | ships that are privately owned but are encouraged by the government to attack enemy ships during a war |
| tacking | changing directions while sailing |
| produce | farm products, especially fruits or vegetables |
| descent | the fact of coming from particular ancestors |
| dexterity | skill in using the hands |
| bondage | slavery |
| engaged | drawn into conflict or battle |
| grapeshot | a cluster of small iron balls used as a cannon charge |
| provisions | stocks of food and other supplies |
| languished | suffer miserably |
| tentative | uncertain: hesitant |
| traitors | people who betray their country |
| hold | the lower inside part of a ship |
| yellow fever | a disease transmitted by mosquitoes |
