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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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yaws
Political systems; Slavery
A particularly painful disease with fever, ulcers and arthritis-like pains.
yellow fever
Political systems; Slavery
An infectious and often fatal disease, spread by mosquitoes in tropical zones.
yoke
Political systems; Slavery
Wooden bar used to link two things, people or animals together, or to carry a burden.
Yoruba
Political systems; Slavery
An ethnic group from Nigeria who share a common culture and language.
Zong
Political systems; Slavery
The name of the slave ship which became infamous when, in 1781, Captain Luke Collingwood had 131 enslaved people thrown overboard, hoping he could claim the loss against the insurance.
Mason-Dixon line
Political systems; Slavery
Named after two surveyors, it was originally the boundary between the English North American colonies of Maryland and Pennsylvania; it came to mark the division between the Southern slave states and ...
merchant
Political systems; Slavery
Trader of goods, buying for one price and selling them on for an increased price.
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