Political systems

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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maafa

Political systems; Slavery

Derived from a Kiswahili word meaning disaster, or terrible occurrence. It is used to refer to the enslavement of African people by Europeans. The definition also refers to the ...

manillas

Political systems; Slavery

Brass bracelet-shaped objects mainly made in England and used as money on the West Coast of Africa to trade for enslaved people during the 17th Century. Very few of these ...

manumission

Political systems; Slavery

Legal process or act by which enslaved Africans could buy their freedom or be freed by their owner. Most southern states provided for manumission of slaves by will upon the death ...

marabou

Political systems; Slavery

A person who is 5/8s black. His or her parents would have to be a full blooded black and a quadroon.

Maroons

Political systems; Slavery

Enslaved Africans who escaped into the Jamaican wilderness to form their own separate communities, from the Spanish word cimarron meaning wild or untamed.