Frederick Douglass Vocabulary
Across
- 1. / having or showing compassion
- 4. / severe suffering
- 7. / certain to happen; unavoidable
- 11. / a special right granted to particular people
- 12. / lack of basic needs or information
- 14. / famous slave who escaped and wrote Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- 16. / extreme cruelty or brutality
- 17. / lacking knowledge
- 21. / move or travel quickly
- 22. / treat someone with disrespect
- 23. / material used in the 19th century to make whips
- 24. / satisfied
- 25. / hard work
- 26. / continuing or long lasting
- 27. / bloody or violent
Down
- 2. / trying to achieve something
- 3. / 18th century practice where America traded for people
- 5. / create difficulties for someone that slows him/her down
- 6. / lack of equality
- 8. / a plant that is grown as food
- 9. / the act of being rescued or set free
- 10. / make someone stronger or more confident
- 13. / a large farm where crops are grown and harvested by slaves
- 15. / the practice of owning another person
- 18. / a punishment for breaking a law or rule
- 19. / take into one's possession or control by force
- 20. / being in control
- 24. / having skill in achieving something by deceit