Vocabulary for Primary Source Analysis
Benjamin Banneker Letter to Thomas Jefferson - 1791
attested – declared to be true
censure – strong disproval
contempt – feeling of disgrace, disgust
endowments – abilities
sentiments – feelings
disposed – receptive
distresses – great pain, anxiety
calamities – an event that brings terrible loss
apprehend – understand
eradicate – get rid of
concurrent – cooperating
tyrannical – unjust, cruel government
thraldom – person held in bondage – slave/servants
servitude – condition of slave – bondage
brethren – plural brother
apprehensions – fear or anxiety over what may happen
abhorrence – extreme disgust
pitiable – pathetic
benevolence – doing good
conferred – presented
wean – to detach from something strongly accustomed to
imbibed – absorbed
subscribe – sign ones’s name