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| the Triangular Trade | a practice where goods were exchanged for slaves |
| the Underground Railroad (UGRR) | a secret movement to help slaves escape slavery |
| station (UGRR) | safe house where a slave could hide or rest |
| stationmaster (UGRR) | safe house owners |
| conductor (UGRR) | guides who helped the slaves find their way |
| abductor (UGRR) | the first person to make contact with those slaves wishing to escape |
| rebellion | an act of violent or open resistance to a government or a ruler; to resist authority |
| Harriet Tubman | formerly known as Araminta Ross; escaped slavery and helped many others escape, including members of her own family |
| patroller (paddy-roller) | someone who hunts runaway slaves |
| manumission | when a slave owner sets a slave free |
| debt | money that is owed or due |
| emancipation | the process of being set free from something like slavery |
| abolitionist | a person who hates slavery and wants it to end |
| Frederick Douglass | born into slavery; learned to read and write; escaped slavery; wrote some autobiographies |
| Nat Turner | slave who led several other slaves to rebel and kill between 50-60 white men, women, and children |
| John Brown | an abolitionist who wanted to destroy slavery; tried to lead a rebellion but was unsuccessful |
