| New World | Another word for America |
| Transatlantic Slave trade | Enslaved people being traded across the Altanic Ocean into the New World (Americas) |
| Chattel slavery | Slaveholders see enslaved people as “chattel” or a personal property. |
| Middle Passage | A dangerous journey from Africa to the Americas where enslaved people were forcibly taken across the Atlantic Ocean. |
| Triangular trade | Exchanging goods exchanged between Europe, Africa, and Americas. |
| Endemic warfare | An ongoing tribal fighting. |
| Biboes | A type of hand and leg cuffs that was used to contain people to the ship or with others. |