A person who is the legal property of another and is forced to work for them.

A large farm or estate where crops such as cotton, sugar, and tobacco are grown.

The activity of buying, selling, or exchanging goods or services.

A soft white fibrous substance that surrounds the seeds of a tropical and subtropical plant.

A sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants, especially sugar cane and sugar beet.

The financial gain obtained when the amount earned is more than the amount spent.

A regular gathering of people for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other goods.

Work, especially hard physical work

A public sale in which goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.

The act of formally putting an end to a system, practice, or institution, especially slavery.

The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.

Sending goods or services to another country for sale.

Bringing goods or services into a country from abroad for sale.

To place or set in the ground to grow.

A large watercraft used for transporting goods by sea.