Lesson 8 slavery vocab flashcard

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auction

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a public sale in which property is sold to the highest bidder

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enslaver

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someone who captures or holds another person for purposes of slavery, such as a plantation owner

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enslave

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to enforce a person to work for no pay, to obey commands, and to lose his or her freedom

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slavery

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the condition in which one human being is owned by another

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Middle Passage

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the voyage of ships carrying enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean, from West Africa to the West Indies and the American continents

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plantation

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large property or landholding dependent on the labor of enslaved people

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racist ideology

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the idea or belief that people who belong to certain races are naturally inferior to others

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overseer

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a person who was in charge of the work of enslaved people and who could punish them for disobeying