| A | B |
|---|
| bondage | slavery |
| fugitive | runaway |
| retreat | to draw back or leave a battle |
| emancipate | to set free |
| shackles | metal band fastened around wrist or ankles of prisoners or slaves |
| agriculture | farming |
| industrial | manufacturing or factory work |
| plantation | large farms that produce crops for money |
| abolitionists | people who wanted to end slavery |
| abolish | to do away with |
| heroine | a woman admired for her great deeds |
| plunder | to rob openly by force |
| infest | to spread or swarm over in a troublesome manner |
| slaughter | destruction of human lives in large numbers |
| raid | a sudden attack or invasion |
| loyalty | being true to a country or to a person |
| radical | extreme |
| casualty | soldiers killed or wounded in battle |
| secede | to withdraw |
| turning point | moment in a war here one side begins to win more battles |
| isolated | separated from everyone else |
| profitable | producing a lot of money |
| dissolve | to break apart |
| surrendered | gave up and lost a battle or the war |
| treason | when someone attempts to harm his/her country |
| census | a counting of the population |
| conscience | sense of right and wrong |
| prior | before |
| controversial | arguing a question which differences of opinion exist |
| compromise | settlement of a dispute by each party giving up some of its demands |
