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13 Cards in this Set
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Cotton Gin
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Machine that removes seeds from cotton fiber
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Capital
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Money used for investments
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Yeoman
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Southern owner of a small farm that did not have slaves
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Tennant Farmer
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Fanner who works on lands owned by another and pay rent in either money or crops
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Fixed cost
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Regular expenses such as housing or maintaining equipment that remains about the same year after year
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Credit
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A form of loan, ability to buy goods based on future payments
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Overseer
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Person who supervises a large operation or its workers
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Spiritual
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An Aferican american religious folk song
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Slave Code
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The law passed in Southern States that controlled and restricted slaves
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Nat Tumer
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In 1831 he led an unsuccessful slave revolt in Virginia. At least 55 white people were killed slave rebels were executed.
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Harriet Tubman
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Former slave who led hundreds of fellow slaves to freedom through the underground railroad
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Fredrick Douglas
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A former slave that spoke out against slavery
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Underground Railroad
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A system that helped enslaved African Americans follow a network of escape routes out of the south to freedom in the north and Canada.
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