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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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Thirteenth Amendment

Political systems; Slavery

The 1865 alteration to the United States Constitution which abolished slavery.

tithe

Political systems; Slavery

A form of taxation where a tenth of a person's income or the produce from their land, whether derived from crops or animals, was paid to the church to support the clergy.

tract

Political systems; Slavery

A short printed pamphlet, on religious or political subjects, to distribute to the public.

trading forts

Political systems; Slavery

Europeans built forts as trading bases along the West African coast; they temporarily housed enslaved Africans until they were loaded onto ships.