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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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Free-Soil party
Political systems; Slavery
A political party active between 1848 and 1854. Its members were adamantly opposed to slavery being spread through the Western Territories and the land gained in the war with Mexico. Their slogan was ...
Freedom riders
Political systems; Slavery
In the summer of 1861, black and white college students, ministers, and other interested persons rode on buses through the South challenging the "Jim Crow" laws. Some of these students were killed.
Gold Coast
Political systems; Slavery
The name given to an area of the West African coast by early European traders who traded for gold.
Guerrilla warfare
Political systems; Slavery
Fighting by independently acting groups for a broadly political cause.
Griffe
Political systems; Slavery
A person who is black. The parents would have to be a full blooded black and a mulatto.
Shackles
Political systems; Slavery
Metal hoops and chains put round the necks, wrists and ankles of (usually male) enslaved people to restrain them.
