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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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surgeon
Political systems; Slavery
Doctor who specializes in using tools to operate on the body; also a general term for a naval doctor (since most were surgeons)
swap dog kin
Political systems; Slavery
Expression used on slave plantations to describe the close family feelings that many slaves had for each other even though they were not members of the same biological family. These feelings probably ...
sweated labor
Political systems; Slavery
Employment in poor conditions, for long hours and low pay, typically in the late-19th century garment industry; sweatshops still exist today.
sweatshops
Political systems; Slavery
A factory or workshop employing workers employed for long hours and under poor conditions.
task labor
Political systems; Slavery
A system where people are given goals to achieve and therefore benefit if they can complete the work quickly.
temperance
Political systems; Slavery
A movement started in the 19th century to encourage people to stop drinking alcohol.
