Slavery

2. laws in the southern states that controlled enslaved people
3. a machine that picked cotton seeds
5. farmer who owns a small farm
8. a plantation manager
10. African-American religious folk songs
15. a soft and fluffy white fiber which was picked by slaves
16. a war between the North and South over slavery
17. the use of transportation on water that transported slaves from their homeland
18. the ability to read and write
19. a network of "safe houses" owned by people who opposed slavery
21. an area where slaves were typically located

1. a large-scale estate meant for farming that specializes in cash crops
4. an act of violent or open resistance
6. a state in which slavery was illegal
7. a female African-American leader who helped people go to the Underground Railroad
9. condition in which one human being was owned by another
11. the practice of cultivating plants and livestock (producing crops and farming)
12. a common punishment that slaves went through
13. codes laws passed by different periods in the southern US
14. a man who has slaves working for him
20. a man who openly rebelled against his owner