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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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quadroon

Political systems; Slavery

A person with one white parent and one mulatto parent. Such a person would be 3/4ths white and 1/4th black.

Quaker

Political systems; Slavery

Member of the Religious Society of Friends or Quakers, a radical nonconformist Christian religious group established by George Fox (1624 - 91) with a strong sense of morality and ...

racism

Political systems; Slavery

A belief that one group of people is inferior, or superior to another because to their race.

radical Republicans

Political systems; Slavery

Politicians who believed that black people were equal to whites in every respect and that it was morally wrong for black people not to have the same liberties and rights that ...

rebellion

Political systems; Slavery

Organized armed resistance against established government or authority.

Reconstruction

Political systems; Slavery

Term used for the period following the Civil War, about 1865 to 1877, during which the U.S. Government attempted to control the state governments of the South and tried to bring ...

Red Strings

Political systems; Slavery

Southern equivalent of the Copperheads. The name was derived from the identifying symbol worn by Southerners who were loyal to the Union. Their secret organizations were known as ...