Frederick Douglass Vocabulary #1

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Abolitionist

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person who wanted to end slavery

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Orator

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skilled public speaker

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Emancipation

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act of freeing someone from slavery

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Plantation

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large farm where crops are grown, often using enslaved labor

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Autobiography

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book someone writes about their own life

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Prejudice

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dislike or hatred of a group

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Oppression

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or cruel exercise of power

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Advocate

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person who supports or argues for a cause

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Fugitive

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who is running away, often from the law or slavery

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Literacy

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ability to read and write