1. Telegraphs: a way to communicate across vast distances by sending coded signals over wires
2. Gail Borden Jr.: a business man
3. Hermann Lungkwitzl: an artist in Texas
4. Spirituals: religious folk songs
5. Abolition: an end to slavery
6. In 1860 the slave population was about 1/4 of Texas' population
7. If slaves tried to escape they would be shot and killed
8. A group of slaves planned to over run their masters and escape to a free state, or Mexico.
9. The plan was found out and every slave that was a part of that plan was hung
10. Many people who planned to free slaves, were kicked out of the state
Credits:
Created with images by Anosmia - "International Slavery Museum" • Bohman - "Freedom"