Slavery

Slavery

Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are submissive to work under the domination of others.

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apprenticeship

Political systems; Slavery

The period during which a person is bound (under contract) as an apprentice.

asante

Political systems; Slavery

Asante people are members of an ethnic group from areas of Ghana, in West Africa, who share a common culture and language.

assimilation

Political systems; Slavery

A process of making or becoming similar to others; to integrate into the majority.

Atlanta Compromise

Political systems; Slavery

On September 15, 1885, in a speech in Atlanta, Georgia, black educator Booker T. Washington told his audience that black people must postpone any attempt to gain political power until they had ...

In 1920 in New York City, Marcus Garvey maintained that black separation from a corrupt white society was necessary. He advocated the idea of black people returning to Africa. One of his followers ...

Bacon's Rebellion

Political systems; Slavery

In 1676, Nathaniel Bacon, a prosperous Virginia planter, led a rebellion against the colonial government due to tension between the elite and small farmers. During the rebellion, Bacon founded a ...

Benin

Political systems; Slavery

The Kingdom of Benin was a widespread empire across Nigeria and present day Benin that flourished from the 14th to the 19th century before it was captured and plundered by the British in 1897