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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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griffe
Political systems; Slavery
A person who is black. The parents would have to be a full blooded black and a mulatto.
chattel slavery
Political systems; Slavery
A form of slavery, introduced by Europeans, in which the enslaved person is treated as a piece of property belonging to his or her owner and has no rights; this status is for life and their children ...
Christiana Riot
Political systems; Slavery
On September 11, 1851, in Christiana, Pennsylvania, a slave owner and a party of supporters and three deputy marshals attempted to capture some runaway slaves hiding in a house protected by 24 armed ...
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Political systems; Slavery
This act brought a legal end to the "Jim Crow" laws of the South. Unfortunately, there is a big difference between de jure and de facto practices. By law, black people are free, but in fact, they are ...
coffle
Political systems; Slavery
Used to describe a group of animals and prisoners or enslaved people chained together in a line commonly used by slavers in the 18th century.
