The
struggle to end slavery: a glossary |
| annuities |
income
or payment paid yearly |
| anodyne |
soothing,
relieving pain |
| avarice |
greed |
| barbarism |
uncivilized
state, not cultivated |
| beneficial |
good, favourable |
| calamitous |
disastrous |
| capital |
money |
| cessation |
bringing or
coming to an end |
| concerted |
joint effort |
| condoned |
overlooked
or accepted |
| cross trade |
in this case,
the trade between the West Indies and British America, and vice versa |
| cultivation |
growing or
farming or land |
| cupidity |
excessive
desire, normally for wealth |
| decrepitude |
weakened,
worn out |
| deprecate |
excessive
disapproval, deplore |
| devoid |
completely
lacking |
| diffuses |
to spread
out freely |
| disaffection |
to lose affection
or loyalty |
| dishonour |
disgrace,
shame |
| dissenters |
normally someone
who refuses to accept the doctrines of the Church of England |
| execrated |
hated |
| impious |
lacking respect,
irreverent |
| incentive |
something
that causes action - could be fear or hope of a reward |
| lamentable |
inspiring
regret |
| meted |
given out,
distributed |
| mortification |
feeling of
shame or humiliation |
| partakers |
take part
in, share |
| pillage |
take goods
by force |
| pocket borough/
rotten borough |
a parliamentary
seat that was under the control of a single person or family. They were
abolished by the Reform Act of 1832. |
| procured |
obtained or
acquired |
| prodigal |
extravagant
waste |
| promulgated |
announce officially |
| rapine |
plunder |
| rendered |
given or made
available |
| sectarian |
relating to
one group, often holding extreme or bigoted views |
| solicitude |
concern |
| stripes |
marks from
being whipped |
| unascertained |
not sure,
not certain |
| violation |
breaking the
law, non-observance |
| wrought |
in this case,
worked them up into state of rebellion |
| zealots |
people who
are fanatically committed |