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Political systems

The organisation and interaction of the members that make up the governing power of a social community or state.

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drapetomania

Political systems; Slavery

According to Dr. Samuel Cartwright of Louisiana, this was one of two diseases from which slaves suffered. Cartwright said that this disease caused slaves to run away. Dr. Jonathan ...

Dred Scott v. Sanborn

Political systems; Slavery

This Supreme Court decision stated that black people in the U.S. had no rights as citizens. Chief Justice Roger Taney of Maryland further used this ruling to declare that the ...

dual descent

Political systems; Slavery

Rhythmically complex form of dance music.

Dunning School interpretation

Political systems; Slavery

Early in the twentieth century, Professor William A. Dunning of Columbia University and his graduate students assembled a series of papers in order to prove that radical ...

dysaethesia aethiopica

Political systems; Slavery

A second disease which Dr. Cartwright claimed slaves suffered from. Slaves having this disease were apt to commit intentional acts of mischief. Cartwright claimed that the cure ...