Unit 2 Study Link

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Freedom Seeker

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a person who decided to leave their enslavement to find freedom somewhere else, some use the Underground Railroad to leave their enslavers.

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context

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background or setting, "The big picture"

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Civil War

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a conflict between the Union and the Confederacy over the issue of enslavement and the expansion of enslavement into new western states. lasted from 1861-1865, the Union won the war.

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Union

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the states that remained with the United States before the Civil War, led by President Abraham Lincoln, fought against the Confederacy during the Civil War, mostly northern "free states"

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abolitionist

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a person who believed that enslavement should be ended

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Confederacy

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the states that broke away from the United States before the Civil War, fought against the Union during the Civil War, mostly southern "slave states"

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enslavement

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often called "Slavery," a system in which human beings are considered the property of other human beings

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corroboration

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comparing and contrasting different sources in order to tell accurate stories about the past

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gradual emancipation

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the process of abolishing slavery over a number of years

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Fugitive Slave Act of 1793

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federal law that allowed Freedom Seekers to be arrested and returned to their enslavers, also made it illegal to help Freedom Seekers