ambush - To suddenly attack a person after hiding and waiting for them., auction - A sale where things are sold to the people who offer the most money., brand - A mark burned into the skin of enslaved people or animals to show ownership., flog - To beat someone with a whip or stick as a form of punishment., merchant's yard - An area of land where goods were bought and sold, middlemen - African slave sellers who organised the trade of enslaved people in exchange for goods., middle passage - The second part of the triangular slave trade, where enslaved people were transported across the Atlantic Ocean., palm oil - An oil made from the nuts that grow on some types of palm tree, plantation - A large farm, in a hot part of the world, where crops, such as sugar cane and tobacco, are grown., shackles - A pair of metal rings, attached to a chain and fastened to a person’s wrists or ankles, to stop a prisoner or enslaved person escaping., slaver - A person who was involved in capturing or buying and then selling enslaved people., tar - A sticky black substance that becomes hard when it cools., windlass - A winch on a ship, which was used to lift heavy objects, like an anchor,

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