This printable crossword puzzle has 34 clues. Answers range from 3 to 29 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
coastal regions of South Carolina and Georgia
people mixed with African American and European ancestry
African circle dance performed by Black Americans
simplified mixture of two or more languages used to communicate between people who speak different languages
Africans accustomed to collective agricultural labor imposed the ______ on most American plantations
area on the Virginia-North Carolina border that served as a refuge for fugitive slaves
war between Great Britain and its Indian American allies versus France and its American Indian allies
form of slavery where enslaved are treated legally as property
act of freeing a slave by the slave's master
form of magic aimed at telling the future by interpreting a variety of signs
import ____ are taxes on goods brought into a country to colony
Americans that favored independence during the Revoluntionary War
Americans who remained the British Empire during Revolutionary War
legals cases where slaves sued masters for freedom
clause that required slaves to be counted as three-fifths of a freed person for state representation in Congress and Electoral College
machine used to seperate cotton seeds from cotton fiber
first independent black church in Philadelphia
laws that banned or restricted black settlement and limiting the rights of black residents
proof of freedom freed blacks were required to carry
concept that depicted southern slaveholders as the driving force in a political conspiracy to promote slavery at the expense of white liberties
refers to an antislavery movement that began in the US during the late 1820s
doctrine that white Americans across the continent was inevitable and ordained by God
umbrella organization for immediate abolitionists during 1803s
tactic endorsed by American Anti-Slavery Society that appealed to slaveholders to support immediate emancipation based on Christian principles
American newspaper published in NY from 1837 to 1842
first antislavery political party
weekly newspaper published by Frederick Douglass
Spanish schooner on which West African Joseph Cinque led a successful slave revolt in 1839
networks that helped slaves escape from the South to the North and Canada
Congress passed this measure in 1866 that set aside over three million acres of land for former slaves and loyal white Southerners to farm following the Civil War
system following the Civil War in which former slaves worked land owner by white people and "paid" for use of land, tools, seeds and mules by sharing the crop with the owner
religious organization that sent teachers and clergymen to tend to the spiritual and educational needs of former slaves following the Civil War
meeting of black leaders in NY to discuss the future of African Americans following the abolition of slavery
this amendment of the US Constitution outlawed slavery and involuntary servitude