Activity

Paths to Freedom: African Americans and the Revolutionary War Glossary

Founding Principles

Directions

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.