Unit 3: Lesson 14

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  1. provisions
    a stock or supply of foods
    The crew carried more ammunition aboard, more powder, and fresh provisions.
  2. dexterity
    adroitness in using the hands
    The heavy thread had to be waxed and handled with dexterity.
  3. aspect
    a distinct feature or element in a problem
    Forten helped in all aspects of sail making and assisted in installing the sails on the ships the firm serviced.
  4. apprentice
    someone who works for an expert to learn a trade
    In Philadelphia, after the war, James Forten became an apprentice to the man his father had worked for.
  5. influential
    having or exercising power
    James Forten became one of the most influential of the African abolitionists.
  6. contribution
    the part played by a person in bringing about a result
    Forten made several major contributions to the sail-making business, among them a method of handling the huge sails in a shop, which allowed sails to be repaired much faster and saved precious time for ship owners.
  7. persuade
    cause somebody to adopt a certain position or belief
    Beasley's son had liked him, he remembered, and the boy had offered to persuade his father to take James to England.
  8. authority
    persons who exercise control over others
    The Royal Louis turned its prisoners over to military authorities.
  9. bondage
    the state of being under the control of another person
    He never forgot the sight of his people in bondage, or accepted it as natural that black people should be slaves.
  10. tentative
    hesitant or lacking confidence; unsettled in mind or opinion
    The result of this tentative friendship was that Captain Beasley did not, as he might have done, send Forten to a ship bound for the West Indies and slavery.
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