Key Terms- Slavery

Key Terms- Slavery

Primary Source- source of information from the time period in first hand experience

Flog- to be beaten with a whip or stick

Branding- to have a symbol burned into skin with a hot iron

Domestic Work- work done inside the house

Overseer- someone who supervises the slaves at work

Passive Resistance- non-violent resistance to slavery…i.e. breaking tools, pretending to be blind…etc.

Slave Narrative- a story about slavery written by a slave

Abolitionist- someone who does something in an effort to stop slavery.

Plantation- large farm typically worked by slaves in the south

Atlantic Slave Trade- Entire slave trade route also known as Triangular Trade

Middle Passage- Part of the Atlantic Slave Trade from Africa to America (part slaves were on)

Fugitive Slave Law- Law allowing for capture of runaway slaves forced northerners to help return slaves and punished those who helped slaves run away.