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The organisation and interaction of the members that make up the governing power of a social community or state.
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West Indies
Political systems; Slavery
Islands of the Caribbean (so called as Columbus thought he had reached India)
white supremacy
Political systems; Slavery
A doctrine promoted by the Ku Klux Klan, the American Nazi party, and other similar groups which believe that only white people should have political and economic power in the ...
Whitney's cotton gin
Political systems; Slavery
Eli Whitney's invention in 1793 of an engine that separated the seeds from the cotton plant, and greatly increased cotton cultivation and the demand for enslaved people ...
Wilmot Proviso
Political systems; Slavery
Named for David Wilmot, Senator from Pennsylvania, this 1846 bill, if passed, would have banned slavery from the territory gained during the Mexican War. The measure never made it ...
women's suffrage
Political systems; Slavery
The right of women to vote in Parliamentary elections; finally extended to all women in Britain in 1928 after a long and bitter campaign.
xenophobia
Political systems; Slavery
Xenophobia denotes a phobic attitude toward strangers or of the unknown. The term is typically used to describe fear or dislike of foreigners or in general of people different ...
Yacub's plan
Political systems; Slavery
According to Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Black Muslims, about 6,300 years ago everyone was black. But this all changed because of a mad scientist called Yacub on the island of ...
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