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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Edo

Political systems; Slavery

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

Efik

Political systems; Slavery

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

emancipation

Political systems; Slavery

Being set free, or granted rights equal to others who already enjoy them (including allowing non-Anglicans to sit in Parliament and have other civic rights); the freeing of enslaved people from ...

Emancipation Proclamation

Political systems; Slavery

As a war measure, Lincoln signed this proclamation into law on January 1, 1863. The proclamation freed slaves only in those areas controlled by the Confederacy. However, it did authorize the ...