Civil War Project Crossword

A farmer who owns more than 20 slaves.
A small percentage of wealthy southern families owning 50 or more slaves were given this title because they made a vast fortune from growing and selling cotton.
A group of laws passed by southern states to discourage slaves from rebelling or running away.
A free African American and skilled carpenter, who organized a rebellion in Charleston but was captured and executed before the rising could begin.
A slave who led the deadliest slave rebellion in history of the United States on August 21, 1831
A policy or an attitude that denies equal rights to a certain group of people.
A Connecticut schoolteacher who invented a machine to remove the seeds from raw cotton
An area of the United States referring to cotton plantations which stretched from South Carolina through Alabama and Mississippi to Texas
To sell a crop for profit instead of being used by the grower.
An engine "gin" that used two rollers and thin wire teeth to separate the seeds from the cotton fibers.
People who wanted to abolish or do away with slavery.
Activists who challenged the existing state of political and social ideas and thoughts.
The best known African American abolitionist who toured the country talking about the horrors of slavery and started his own abolitionist newspaper called the "North Star".
This dramatic and fiery editor of the abolitionist newspaper "The Liberator", spoke his controversial opinions openly and without apology.
A network of abolitionists who secretly helped slaves reach freedom in the Northern free-states or Canada.
An escaped slave who became a "conductor" in the Underground Railroad and helped to free thousands of slaves.
A place where weapons and other military supplies are manufactured.
A breech-loading, single shot, rifle-barreled gun primarily used by cavalry troops.
A soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action.
Loyal to the government of the United States. Also known as a Union, Yankee, or Northern.