Ch. 14 Lesson 4 (vocabulary)

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yeomen

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farmer who owns a small farm

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overseer

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plantation manager

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legal

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permitted by law

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spiritual

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an African American religious folk song

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slave codes

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law in a Southern state that controlled enslaved peoplel

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Underground Railroad

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a system of cooperation to aid and house enslaved people who had escaped

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literacy

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the ability to read and write

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tenant farmers

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rented land from property owners

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yeomen

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The largest group of whites in the South

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profit

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main goal of large plantation owners