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| Middle Passage | the journey across the Atlantic Ocean from West Africa to the Americas |
| Triangular Trade | description of the trade between England, Africa, and America |
| Guns | goods the English traded for slaves |
| Sugarcane | major crop of the West Indies, where 80% of slaves were sent to work |
| Tobacco | major crop in the Southern Colonies |
| Slave Codes | Laws passed by colonies that described the social status of slaves and described the rights slave owners had over them |
| Covert | ways of resisting that were not easily noticed, such as working slow or breaking tools |
| Rebellion | an overt way of resisting where slaves would plan to attack their owners |
| Slavery | condition in which one human being was owned by another, usually for forced labor |
| Atrocity | an extremely wicked or cruel act, typically one involving physical violence or injury. |
| West Africa | region of Africa where humans were kidnapped and sold into slavery |
| Abolitionist | a person who sought to abolish slavery during the 19th century |
