Harriet Tubman Vocab 2
- Incentive- something that encourages somebody to action. Motivation.
- Contraband- illegal imports and exports; illegal trade.
- Inauspicious- promising failure or bad luck; discouraging.
- Adornment- embellishment, decoration. To enhance.
- Inscription– writing, dedication.
- Peddling- to sell goods; sometimes illegal things.
- Destitute– penniless; lacking necessities of life.
- Overseer– a person who directed the work of slaves on a plantation.
- Emancipation– to free from slavery.
- Meager– lacking in quantity or quality. Lean or thin.
- Perilous– full of danger or risk. Exposed to imminent risk of disaster or ruin.
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