sentiment
a view or opinion
fugitive
someone escaping or hiding to avoid persecution
amiable
friendly and pleasant
penitentiary
North American term for a prison that houses those convicted of serious crimes
melancholy
a pensive sadness
annals
historical records
indolent
lazy
darkey
dated, offensive term for a Black person
inoculate
introduce into an organism
garrulousness
excessively talkative
palaver
talk lengthily and unproductively
begot
brang about
Underground Railroad
a pre-Civil War network of safe houses and refuges maintained by people helping slaves escape the U.S. South into the free states of the North and Canada
foregather
assemble together
fertile
capable of producing something
Fugitive Slave Law (Fugitive Slave Act)
an 1850 act of Congress that required slaves to be returned to their owners, even when in a free state
Niagara Falls
monumental waterfalls on the Niagara River that spans the Canada-U.S. border
