Slavery

Slavery

Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are submissive to work under the domination of others.

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concubinage

Political systems; Slavery

A women and man living together without being husband and wife.

Congress of Racial Equality

Political systems; Slavery

Organization founded in 1942 for the purpose of helping black communities in their efforts to gain control of local services. They also promote quality education and political and economic ...

conquer

Political systems; Slavery

To overcome, defeat or subjugate opposition.

Three Amendments to the Constitution were written during the period of Reconstruction to end slavery and extend citizenship and the vote to freedmen. These are listed below: : Article 13: passed in ...

contraband

Political systems; Slavery

Early in the war, the War Department allowed slaves fleeing their masters to enter Union lines as "contraband of war" (i.e. property that might be used to fight against the Union).

controversial

Political systems; Slavery

Provoking strong disagreement or disapproval, open to dispute or argument.

Copperheads

Political systems; Slavery

Also known as the Knights of the Golden Circle or the Sons of Liberty. They were groups of Northerners who sympathized with the slave-holding South during the Civil War. The term is derived from ...