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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Yoruba

Political systems; Slavery

An ethnic group from Nigeria who share a common culture and language.

Quaker

Political systems; Slavery

Member of the Religious Society of Friends or Quakers, a radical nonconformist Christian religious group established by George Fox (1624 - 91) with a strong sense of morality and social justice.

Afrika

Political systems; Slavery

An alternative spelling of Africa, reflecting how it is spelt in many African languages; it is also used to indicate an Afro-centric viewpoint.

Albany Movement

Political systems; Slavery

On November 1, 1961, SNCC and the local NAACP tried to desegregate the train stations and bus depots in Albany, Georgia. Albany Police Chief Laurie Pritchett had the demonstrators arrested. The ...

Organisation founded in Philadelphia in 1833 by Theodore Weld, an evangelical Christian who was opposed to the more radical views of William Lloyd Garrison of Boston. This society called for gradual ...

African slave trade

Political systems; Slavery

In colonial days right up to the early nineteenth century, Africans were legally kidnapped and sold as slaves in the new World. The United States banned this trade in 1808, and declared it an act of ...

Afro-centric

Political systems; Slavery

A philosophical and theoretical perspective from an African point of view; it challenges Africa's philosophical, economical and cultural marginalisation by the West.