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chapter 13B

social studies vocab

TermDefinition
Cotton Gin machine that removed seeds from the cotton fiber
Capital money used for investment
Yeoman southern owner of a small farm who did not have slaves
Tenant Farmer farmer who works on land owned by another and pays rent in either money or crops
Fixed Cost regular expenses such as housing or maintaining equipment that remains about the same year after year
Cedit a form of a loan; ability to buy goods based on future payment
Overseer person who supervises a large operation or its workers
Spititual an African American religious folk song
Slave Code the laws passed in the Southern States that controlled and restricted slaves
Nat Turner in 1831, led an unsuccessful slave revolt in Virginia. At least 55 white people were killed; slave rebels were executed
Harriet Tubman former slave who led hundreds of fellow slaves to freedom through the underground railroad
Frederick Douglass former slave; spoke out against slavery
Underground Railroad a system that helped enslaved African Americans follow a network of escape routes out of the South to freedom in the North and Canada
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