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13 Cards in this Set
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Lamentation
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(noun)
A sad song or poem |
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Enumerate
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(verb)
To count or to find the correct number of |
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Loathsome
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(adj)
Extremly unpleasent |
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Indentures Servant
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(noun)
A person who agreed to work for a specified period of time in exchange for passage from Europe to the colonies |
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Subsistence Farmer
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(noun)
A person who grows just enough food for hi/her family |
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Cash Crop
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(noun)
A single crop grown in large quantities for sale, often as an import source of income |
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Antbellum
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(adj)
Describing the period of time before the Cival War |
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Burdensome
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(adj)
So heavy or hard to take that it is a difficult to carry |
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Chattel Slavery
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A form of slavery (created in the American south and goverened by law) where African slaves and their descendants would be slaves for life
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Countenance
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Facial ecpression
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Letherargy
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Adnormal drowsiness; the state of being lazy or not caring
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Subtle
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Difficult to understand or distinguish
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Vigilant
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Alert to sign of danger
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