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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enslaved person

Political systems; Slavery

A servant devoid of freedom and personal rights, one who is the property of another whether by capture, purchase or birth.

enslavement

Political systems; Slavery

To make a slave of a person; being held in captivity, servitude.

estate

Political systems; Slavery

Traditionally a large area of land, used for agriculture, centered on a large house, owned by one person or family.

evangelical

Political systems; Slavery

Of, or according to, the Christian gospel; often conservative Protestant Christianity.

Fante

Political systems; Slavery

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

Federal Fugitive Act

Political systems; Slavery

Also known more popularly as the Fugitive Slave Act. It provided for the extradition of criminals fleeing justice and the return of fugitive slaves fleeing their masters. This law was written in ...

filibusters

Political systems; Slavery

Military adventurers bent on conquest for their own personal gain. The term is derived from the Spanish filibustero, which means pirate or privateer. Many Ante-Bellum Southerners attempted to use ...