Vocabulary

=**Vocabulary**=


 * Maroons**-escaped slaves that hid in mountains


 * Mulattos**-people of mixed race with a white parent and a black parent


 * Scythe-**a long, curving blade used for cutting grain and long grasses


 * Guerrilla army**-a group of soildiers who usually are volunteers and not highly trained, professional soildiers


 * New World-** one of the names used for the Western Hemisphere, specifically in America


 * Slavery-**a system where people are treated as property and are forced to work