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