Glossary: Paths to Freedom
Glossary terms are listed in the order in which they appear.
Execrations | Something that is detested or hated. |
Standard | Flag or side one supports in a conflict. |
Forfeiture | Loss |
Rebel | Patriot fighting the British. |
Rebel Standard | Patriot flag or side of the fight. |
Valet | A personal male servant responsible for clothing and appearance. |
Mulatto | A person of mixed Black and white race. |
Victuals [food] and clothes he has been accustomed to receive | By law, enslaved were required to receive food and clothing from their slaveholders. |
Chuses | Chooses |
Aforesaid | As discussed above |
Emancipated | Freed |
Bondage | Enslavement |
Lord Cornwallis | Charles Cornwallis, a British general who surrendered in 1781 to a combined American and French force at the siege of Yorktown during the American Revolutionary War. |
Marquiss Lafayette | Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Layfayette, a French aristocrat, ally, and military leader during the American Revolutionary War. |
Inclosures | Enclosed documents or attachments to the petition. |
Annexed | Attached or included with this petition |
Intreats | Entreats or asks |
Execrations | Something that is detested or hated. |
Standard | Flag or side one supports in a conflict. |
Forfeiture | Loss |
Rebel | Patriot fighting the British. |