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Thursday, February 21, 2002

Many terms were used during enslavement that are not common today. See if you can match the correct definitions for the following words:

1. Middle passage.
2. Slave ship.
3. Moors.
4. Quaker.
5. Negro.
6. Underground Railroad.
7. Slave.
8. Abolitionist.
9. Conductors.
10. Mulatto.

a. Those who were against slavery and assisted fleeing slaves.

b. Abolitionists who directed slaves to safe locations.

c. The transit of enslaved Africans from their continent to the Americas.

d. Citizens of Northwest African nations who were enslaved.

e. A false name given to all Africans from a continent of many nations and cultures.

f. The offspring of a white male slave owner and an enslaved black female.

g. An African who incorrectly was considered to be less than human.

h. A boat designed to carry hundreds of enslaved Africans across the oceans.

i. A religious group that ultimately supported the abolition of slavery.

j. Network of Africans escaping from enslavement and abolitionists who assisted them.

1. c
2. h
3. d
4. i
5. e
6. j
7. g
8. a
9. b
10. f