Glossary- abolish
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to do away with; put an end to;
- ambivalence
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uncertain or fluctuation, especially when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things.
- American Colonization Society
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The Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America, founded in 1816, the primary vehicle to support the return of free Africans to Africa.
- Bill of Rights
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A formal statement of the fundamental rights of the people of the United States, incorporated in the constitution as Amendments 1 - 10, and in all state constitutions.
- calamities
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- A great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury.
- Grievous affliction, adversity and misery
- Circumspection
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observation or action
- Colonial System
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- coterie
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an exclusive group
- decree
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a formal and authoritative order
- gangrene
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necrosis or death of a soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usually followed by decomposition and putrefaction.
- George Washington
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The first president of the U.S 1789 - 1802
- gesture
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an action, courtesy, communication.
- humane
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Characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people.
- illuminates
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light up
- inferiority
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lower in rank, degree, or lower in place or psition.
- inflammatory
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- insurrection
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an act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistencr.
- James Monroe
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Fifth president of the U.S. 1817 - 1825
- Jams Madison
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Forth president of the U.S. 1809 - 1897.
- John Adams
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Second president of the U.S. 1797 - 1801
- Liberia
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A republic in West Africa founded in 1822, captal Monrovia.
- Mount Vernon estate
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The home and tomb of George Washington in NE Virginia.
- nationalists
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A member of a political group advocating for national independence.
- plantation
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A large farm or estate, especially in tropical or in southern states on which cotton, tobacco, coffee, sugar cane is cultivated by slaves.
- plantation
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- prudent
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- wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober.
- carefully providing for the future.
- racial
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pertaining to, or character of one race or he races of humankind.
- repatriation
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to bring or send back a person, especially a slave tp his or her country or land of citizenship.
- separation
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to split into two side
- shudder
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to quiver
- slavery
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The condition of a slave; bondage.
The keeping of slaves as a practice or institution.
A state of subjection like that of slaves.
- slaves
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a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant.
- Thomas Jefferson
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Third president of the U.S. 1801 - 1809.