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Up From SlaveryVocab

Up From Slavery Vocab

TermDefinition
ILLUSTRATE help make clear
NOTWITHSTANDING despite
CONVENTION When the Louisiana State Constitutional Convention was in session, I wrote an open letter to that body pleading for justice for the race. (large conference or meeting)
CONVENTION(al) These were the ambitious youths of the race, at work with an earnestness that put to shame the conventional student life of most educational institutions. (normal or typical)
CONFER gives (an honor)
PHILANTHROPY helping others
CONDEMN strongly criticized
PRESIDED headed
RESOLVE It is now long ago that I learned this lesson from General Armstrong, and resolved that I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. (decided )
RESOLVE There was never a time in my youth, no matter how dark and discouraging the days might be, when one resolve did not continually remain with me, and that was a determination to secure an education at any cost. (Determination)
INCLINED with a tendency
PREJUDICE unreasonable or unfair believing( int his case against members of a race)
PROMINENT well known or important
ADVOCATE publicly supported
CULTIVATE enhance growth and development
PREVAILING is common
EPOCH a significent period of time
FORBEARANCE patience, tolorace or self control
COUNTENANCE face
VERITABLE used for emphasis to introduce a dramatic metaphor
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