History of Slavery in America

auction

• a public sale in which property is sold to the HIGHEST BIDDER

• a PERSON who leads a public sale

• when two people bid on the SAME ITEM

• a public sale in which property is sold to the LOWEST BIDDER

enslaver

• someone who sleeps all day

• someone who captures or holds another person for purposes of slavery, such as a plantation owner

• someone who lets people free

• a place where enslaved people lived

Middle Passage

• The Middle Passage was the stage of the triangular trade in which millions of Africans were forcibly transported to the New World as part of the Atlantic slave trade.

• The Middle Passage was a voluntary journey undertaken by Africans seeking better opportunities.

• The Middle Passage was a term used for the final leg of the triangular trade route.

• The Middle Passage was a peaceful voyage for Africans to explore the New World.

overseer

• person who watched enslaved children while their parents worked

• person who saw enslaved people leave plantations

• a person who was in charge of the work of enslaved people and who could punish them for disobeying him

• a person who paid enslaved people for their work

spiritual

• when someone cries at church

• a person who thinks about going to church

• a type of religious song that developed among enslaved Africans and that expressed deep emotion

triangular trade

• A trade route connecting Asia and Europe

• A type of trade involving only two countries

• the exchange of people who were enslaved and goods between Europe, the Americas, and West Africa, using shipping routes across the Atlantic Ocean

• A trade system focused on exchanging luxury goods