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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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Slavery

demi-meamelouc

Political systems; Slavery

A person who is 1/32 black. The parents would be a full blooded white and a sextaroon.

diaspora

Political systems; Slavery

The spreading out of any group of people, forcibly or voluntarily, away from their homeland across a large area or indeed the world (it was originally used to describe the Jewish dispersal); also ...

discriminate

Political systems; Slavery

To treat unfairly favorably or unfavorably, especially on the basis of race or gender.

domestic slave

Political systems; Slavery

An enslaved person who works in a household rather than in the fields.

guerrilla warfare

Political systems; Slavery

Fighting by independently acting groups for a broadly political cause.

Guinea

Political systems; Slavery

An area at the West African coast, sometimes referred to as the Guinea Coast; a gold coin issued in 1663 taking its name from there; worth 21 old shillings (1.05 in decimal currency)

Hausa

Political systems; Slavery

Hausa people are members of an ethnic group from areas of Nigeria and Niger, in West Africa, who share a common culture and language.

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