Growing up a slave on a southern plantation in the 1800s was a horrible, traumatizing experience. Famous orator Frederick Douglass' childhood as a slave included not knowing his birthday or his age, not knowing his father—who might have been his white master, and only seeing his mother a few times, and only at night, before she died when he was seven.
This list covers vocabulary from "I was born…"—"...death of a stranger."
Here are links to our lists for the book: List 1, List 2, List 3
Whether you’re a teacher or a learner,
Vocabulary.com can put you or your class
on the path to systematic vocabulary improvement.