Harriet Tubman Vocab 1
- Abolitionist- a person in favor of abolishing (getting rid of) slavery.
- Derogatory – negative; condescending
- Slavery- a system based on enslaved labor; the state of being owned or dominated.
- Terrain – a piece of land or geographical area
- Underground railroad- A secret network of cooperation whereby slaves were helped to reach the North or Canada, where they could be free.
- Bounty hunter – people being paid to hunt for runaway, fugitive slaves and return them to their masters
- Plantation– an agricultural estate (large farm) cared for by laborers, usually slave laborers.
- Conscience – the sense or character that gives a person the feeling to do right or good
- Fugitive – people running away from something illegally
- Stamina – endurance
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