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Antebellum Years
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| plantation system | large estate or farm on which crops are raised, whose workers live on site |
| cotton gin | a machine that separates the seeds, seed hulls, and other small objects from the fibers of the cotton |
| Eli Whitney | inventor of the cotton gin |
| subsistence farms | growing and keeping of crops in order to survive |
| antebellum | the period in the United States before the American Civil War |
| sectionalism | loyalty to one's region or area |
| Denmark Vessey | a former slave who bought his freedom and secretly planned a slave revolt in Charleston and nearby plantaions |
| slave codes | laws passed to restrict the movement of and punish slaves |
| abolitionist | person who favored the end of slavery |
| emancipate | to free |
| Nat Turner | led the most violent slave revolt in the U.S. |
| Sarah and Angelina Grimke | sisters from Charleston who participated in the abolitionist movement |
| The Liberator | an anti-slavery newspaper written be William Lloyd Garrison |