Slavery Vocabulary

SlaveryWhen a person is

owned by someone else

Enslaved PersonA person who is

owned and works for someone for

no pay

PlantationA large farm

AbolitionistSomeone who

wants to get rid of slavery

Underground RailroadA way of hiding

enslaved people, allowing them to

escape

ConductorsA person who supplied enslaved people with

maps of the Underground Railroad

Emancipation Proclamation

A document created by President Lincoln

to put an end to slavery