Ch.8 vocab Flashcards

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Enslaved Africans

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People from Africa who were forced to give up their freedom and spend their lives obeying and working for their “ owners,” or master. Enslaved Africans were treated as property that could be bought and sold.

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Dilemma

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Situations in which a person is forced to make a choice, even though there is no good choice to make. For example, millions of enslaved Africans had to choose between dying on the voyage to America or working for the rest of their lives as slaves.

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Middle passage

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The voyage (“passage”) of the slave traders and enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to the americas.

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Plantations

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A usually Large area of privately owned land where crops were grown with the labor of workers or slaves who lived on the land.

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Americas

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The continents of north and South America (connected by Central America), along with nearby island, like those in the Caribbean Sea.

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Slave auctions

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A sale in which slaves were sold to buyers who bid (offered prices) for them.Usually a slave was sold to the person making the highest bid.

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Overseer

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A person who was put in charge of the work of slaves. The overseer had a great power over slaves and could punish them for disobeying him.

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