Transatlantic

The institution that kept people as property, and submissive to work under the domination of others; the system of slavery that incorporates the trade of enslaved Africans, the ...

transatlantic flight

Aviation; Airline

An overseas flight of an aircraft that travels across the Atlantic Ocean.

transatlantic slave trade

Political systems; Slavery

A Eurocentric term used to describe the selling of Africans as chattel across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and the Americas.

Afro-centric

Political systems; Slavery

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

Akan

Political systems; Slavery

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

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 ...

American Anti-Slavery Society

Political systems; Slavery

Organization 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 ...

Americas

Political systems; Slavery

The two continents of north and south America and the surrounding islands.

anti-slavery

Political systems; Slavery

Used to describe a person, an action, or an idea that is against slavery.

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Facebook tracking

The tracking of users' online activities once they have visited a Facebook site even after they are logged off from Facebook's main site. The Facebook ...