Harriet Tubman: Vocab 1

  1. Abolitionist- a person in favor of abolishing (getting rid of) slavery.
  2. Derogatory – negative; condescending; looking down on.
  3. Slavery- a system based on enslaved labor; the state of being owned or dominated.
  4. Terrain – a piece of land or geographical area.
  5. Bounty hunter – people being paid to hunt for runaway, fugitive slaves and return them to their masters
  6. Plantation– an agricultural estate (large farm) cared for by laborers, usually slave laborers.
  7. Conscience – the sense or character that gives a person the feeling to do right or good.
  8. Fugitive – people running away from something illegally.
  9. Stamina – endurance and strength. Resilience.
Exercises:
1- Know/Don’t Know/Think I Know
        + Write words with definitions
2- Pics
3- Synonyms
4- Sentences

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