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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Early in 1865, General William Tecumseh Sherman issued Special Field Order Number 15 setting aside land in South Carolina and its sea islands to be redistributed among former slaves until such time ...

shillings

Political systems; Slavery

Pre-decimalization in 1969, one pound sterling was made up of 20 shillings, each made up of 12 (old) pence; a shilling is the equivalent of 5p today.

slave

Political systems; Slavery

A servant devoid of freedom and personal rights; one who is the property of another whether by capture, purchase or birth. The English term slave was first used in the sixteenth century. Before that ...

slave codes

Political systems; Slavery

Local laws passed in the South to prevent slaves from gaining any advantage over the dominant white community. The most common of these laws was one making it illegal for slaves to learn to read and ...