| Term | Definition |
| Abolitionist | People who believed that slavery should be against the law |
| Apprentice | Someone who works for another person in order to learn a trade |
| Assisted | Helped |
| Captive | Prisoner |
| Conflict | A struggle, a war |
| Dread | Grim fear |
| Encouraged | Gave support to someone's efforts or plans |
| Enslavement | The state of being owned and controlled by another person |
| Influential | Having the power to affect events or sway opinions |
| Privateers | Ships that are privately owned but are encouraged by the government to attack enemy ships during war |
| Tacking | Changing directions while sailing |