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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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Ku Klux Klan
Political systems; Slavery
White racist organization founder by former confederate soldiers in Tennessee in 1866, initially to prevent freed enslaved people voting and exercising other civil rights. Members wore white robes to ...
Law and Order party
Political systems; Slavery
A deliberate misnomer for pro-slavery settlers and Missouri Border Ruffians in Kansas during the period 1856 to 1861. Members of this party engaged in illegal voting, stuffing ballot boxes during ...
Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Housing
Political systems; Slavery
A council formed in Chicago on August 26, 1966, to implement fair housing practices in that city.
Lecompton Constitution
Political systems; Slavery
A proposed constitution allowing slavery in the state of Kansas prepared by pro-slavery politicians. This document was never approved by the voters of Kansas in open balloting. Despite this fact, ...
log books
Political systems; Slavery
Written record book of the navigation and other occurrences on board a ship, kept on a daily basis.
lords
Political systems; Slavery
Short for the House of Lords, the second chamber of the UK Parliament, originally made up of hereditary members or peers, some Anglican bishops, and senior judges (as the Lords is the court of final ...
