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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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Sherman Plan
Political systems; Slavery
Early in 1865, General William Tecumseh Sherman issued Special Field Order Number 15 setting aside land in South Carolina and its sea islands to be redistributed among former ...
shillings
Political systems; Slavery
Pre-decimalization in 1969, one pound sterling was made up of 20 shillings, each made up of 12 (old) pence; a shilling is the equivalent of 5p today.
slave
Political systems; Slavery
A servant devoid of freedom and personal rights; one who is the property of another whether by capture, purchase or birth. The English term slave was first used in the sixteenth ...
slave codes
Political systems; Slavery
Local laws passed in the South to prevent slaves from gaining any advantage over the dominant white community. The most common of these laws was one making it illegal for slaves ...
slave colony
Political systems; Slavery
A settlement on plantations, based on the labor of enslaved Africans.
slavers
Political systems; Slavery
People who earn a living from capturing, trading and transporting enslaved people; ships engaged in transporting the enslaved.
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