| A | B |
|---|
| brutal | harsh, severe |
| captive | a prisoner |
| cargo | freight carried by a ship, aircraft or other freight vehicle |
| coffle | a line of animals, prisoners or slaves chained and driven along together |
| colony | people who leave their native country to form a new land or settlement subject to or connected to the parent country |
| plantation | a usually large farm or estate, especially in a tropical or semitropical country, on which cotton, tobacco, coffee, sugar cane, or the like is cultivated, usually by resident laborers |
| labor | work, usually for economic gain |
| Middle Passage | the journey across the Atlantic Ocean from the W coast of Africa to the Caribbean: the longest part of the journey of the slave ships sailing to the Caribbean or the Americas |
| mine | a place where such minerals may be obtained, either by excavation or by washing the soil |
| prejudice | an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought or reason |
| racism | A belief that inherent differences among various human races, and usually believing that ones' own race is superior |
| revolt | to break away or rise again authority |
| shackle | a ring or other fastening, as iron, for securing the wrist or ankle |
| slave | a person who is the property of another, usually involving work without pay |
| Slave Coast | The coast of West equatorial Africa between the Been and Volta Rivers--center of slavery traffic 16th- 19th century |
| Slave Trade | The business of selling and buying slaves |
| transport | to carry or move from on place to another |
| unsanitary | unhealthy, not clean; tending to spread disease |
| yoke | a device for joining together a pair of draft animals that encloses the head and neck |
| uprising | a revolt or uprising |
| overseer | a supervisor of slaves on a plantation |
| (slave) auction | 3. Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder |
