Slavery Crossword puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. / a war between different groups within the same country
  2. 4. / a set of rules and ideas which a government uses to rule the country.
  3. 6. / the owners of the slave.
  4. 8. / the Union army.
  5. 9. / The Confederate States of America. The group of 11 Southern states that withdrew from the United States in 1860–61.
  6. 10. / the activity of having slaves or the condition of being a slave.
  7. 11. / a farmer giving part of their crops as rent for the land on which the crops are grown, instead of money.
  8. 13. / an organisation set up by the Federal government to make sure that the anti-slavery laws were enforced.
  9. 14. / a pair of metal fastenings placed around the ankles or wrists of a prisoner or captive.
  10. 15. / the belief that one race or colour of people is superior to another, and the unfair behaviour that this attitude leads to.
  11. 16. / Burnt with a hot iron to leave an identifiable mark.
  12. 18. / people who signed a contract to work for a number of years (usually seven) without pay in return for their fare to America. They could not leave during this time.
  13. 19. / the government which made the laws that had to be obeyed all over the country.
  14. 22. / a public sale where property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
  15. 23. / the enforced separation of different races and colours in society.
  16. 24. / the most important court in the USA.
  17. 25. / to be given the same treatment, opportunities and value as others.
  18. 26. / large farms on which slaves grew crops such as cotton or tobacco.
Down
  1. 1. / The United States. Especially the northern states during the Civil War, which remained with the original United States government.
  2. 3. / people who thought that slavery was wrong and should be stopped.
  3. 5. / a trader who bought and sold goods with foreign traders.
  4. 7. / The Confederate States of America. The 11 Southern states that withdrew from the Union in 1860–61.
  5. 12. / a punishment that involved slaves being covered in tar and then covered in feathers.
  6. 17. / the power of choosing, thinking, and acting for oneself; to be free from control or restriction.
  7. 20. / Freedom
  8. 21. / smuggled property.
  9. 24. / a person who is legally owned by someone else and has to work for them.