GLOSSARY
advocacy
public support for a person
or cause
colonies
settlements in a new country
customs
ways of doing things specific to
one culture
exile
when someone has been
banned from his or her
home country, usually as
a punishment
labourers
people doing unskilled work in
difficult conditions for low pay
objective
not influenced by personal
feelings or opinions
plantations
large farms or estates
porters
people who carry luggage or
other loads on a train
prejudices
negative opinions or judgments
about an individual or a group
that are not based on fact
or reason
racist
showing or acting out prejudice
against people of a certain race
or ethnicity
refugees
people fleeing from a
harsh government in their
own country
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