The History of Slavery

3. a type of punishment for slave that was enforced with a whip
4. states in which slavery was illegal
6. a plantation manager
8. a slave who led a big rebellion against slave owners in Virginia
12. the president who set the slaves free
14. the trade of enslaved people among states of the U.S.
16. states in which slavery was legal
18. a machine that picked seeds from cotton and caused the demand for slavery to increase
19. a war between northern states and southern states that eventually freed the slaves
20. a practice where one human owns another human.

1. a large farm or area of land used for agriculture, often using slaves for labor
2. a system of secret routes and safe houses to help and house slaves that had escaped.
5. an order by President Lincoln to free all slaves
7. the first state that abolished slavery in 1777
9. a white plant that slaves often picked
10. a person who owned slaves
11. a person who is legal property of another and is forced to obey them.
13. the setting free of slaves
15. laws that limit the rights of slaves
17. an African American religious folk song