Worksheet # 64

cotton gin      overseer      insurrection     Great House    Sojourner Truth
Nat Turner    Harriet Tubman   Underground Railroad    racism     spiritual

1) Person in charge of keeping workers or slaves at work:_______.
2) A word for violent revolt against authority: ________.
3) A slave who had visions and led a major slave revolt: ________.
4) The mansion built on a southern plantation: ___________.
5) The belief or attitude that one group of people is superior to
        another because of their color or origins: _________.
6) Invention that created a great need for slaves in the South: ________.
7) Religious preacher who spent her life fighting slavery:_______.
8) A fugitive slave who helped others escape to the North: _______.
9) Songs of bible stories and sufferings sung by slaves: ________.
10) The group of people who helped give secret passage to
          slaves trying to run away to the North: ________.

Thought Question: Discuss whether you would risk your life to escape
   slavery.  What if you never saw your family or friends again?




 














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