Frederick Douglass Vocabulary

abolitionist

• a voter
• a person who wants to end slavery
• a person who runs for president
• a person who writes books

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

conductor
 (as in relation to Frederick Douglass)

• a person who drives a train
• a person who helped people escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad
• a musician who leads a band
• copper

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Underground Railroad

• secret network of people and hiding places to help slaves escape to freedom
• a subway
• a train that runs underground
• a place to capture slaves

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

enslaved

• to do chores
• to abolish slavery
• to own someone and make them do work
• forced to work without pay

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

civil rights

• being able to do whatever you want
• rights not protected by laws
• rights protected by laws
• the Constitution

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

prejudice

• a strong feeling or opinion formed unfairly or without knowing all the facts
• treating everyone equally
• before justice is served
• believing slavery is okay

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

slavery

• having to do chores
• a cruel system in which someone legally owns or controls another person
• a free citizens
• rights protected by laws

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

justice

• forced to work without pay
• a strong feeling or opinion formed unfairly or without knowing all the facts
• equal treatment under the law
• a person who wants to end slavery

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4