| A | B |
|---|
| abolitionist | Someone who wanted to end slavery. |
| Spirituals | Songs about Jesus and biblical characters with hidden messages. |
| antebellum | Refers to the period just before the Civil War. |
| cotton gin | This invention increased the demand for slaves. |
| overseer | Person responsible for seeing that slaves perform tasks that are assigned to them. |
| Nat Turner | The leader of a slave rebellion in Southhampton, Virginia. |
| discrimination | Denying people their rights or treating them unfairly. |
| treason | The crime of trying to overthrow the government. |
| Monroe Doctrine | The name given to the statement that America-North, South, and Central-was closed to further colonization. |
| Denmark Vesey | The leader of a slave plot in Charleston, SC. |
| tenant farmers | People who cleared and planted on land owned by others and received a part of the harvest in return. |
