ESL USH Set #4 The Slave Trade

triangular trade

the trade route between between 3 continents that boats took to carry slaves in exchange for other goods

enslaved

describes sb who is taken from home and forced to do hard work for no pay

deport

to remove someone from a country against their will

mass deportation

a huge number of people forcibly sent away from their country

contract

a formal agreement that describes the responsibilities of the two groups who sign it

vessel

a big ship that transports people and goods

captive

a person who is taken and held by force

trading camp

a place that was set up to hold captured Africans who would be sold as slaves

dungeon

a prison built to hold captured people, often in terrible conditions.

brand

a mark burned into a someone’s skin to show that they are a slave

Middle Passage

part of the triangular trade that moved enslaved people from Africa to the Americas

auction

a public sale where a slave is sold to the person who will pay the highest price

perish

to die

inhuman

so fierce or cruel that it should not be suffered by a person

filth

sth so dirty and unclean that it causes sickness

chained

when people are tied up with a metal rope so they cannot move

massacre

a violent killing of a large group of people

harsh

very bad treatment that causes suffering

abolitionist

a person who was against slavery and who tried to make it illegal

Underground Railroad

a secret system of people who helped slaves escape to freedom

13th Amendment

the change to the Constitution that officially made slavery illegal in the US in 1865