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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corporal punishment

Political systems; Slavery

Punishment by the infliction of physical pain, especially flogging.

This amendment, passed in both Houses of Congress in February, 1861, stated that Congress could pass no law outlawing existing state institutions, especially slavery. Although it was intended as a ...

craniometry

Political systems; Slavery

A method of measuring the interiors of skulls used by nineteenth century American scientist Samuel George Morton in a futile attempt to prove that blacks and Native Americans are inferior in ...

Creole

Political systems; Slavery

A person of mixed European and black descent; a language with different European and African influences; Creole culture formed by Africans in the Americas combining beliefs of different ethnic groups ...

Crittenden Resolution

Political systems; Slavery

Also known as the Crittenden-Johnson Resolution, it called for the Federal Government to take no action against the institution of slavery during the Civil War. Named for Senator John J. Crittenden ...

culture

Political systems; Slavery

An identity based on religious or spiritual beliefs, language, and family values; cultures are inherent their applications can be neither inferior nor superior to each other and are continually ...

Davis Bend

Political systems; Slavery

Area of Mississippi where, in 1864, federal officials seized large plantations, one of which belonged to Jefferson Davis, and assigned portions of the land to freed slaves for their use. Like the ...