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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Scramble

Political systems; Slavery

Clambering and struggling with competitors for a share, e.g. The Scramble for Africa.

Congress of Racial Equality

Political systems; Slavery

Organisation founded in 1942 for the purpose of helping black communities in their efforts to gain control of local services. They also promote quality education and political and economic ...

Three Amendments to the Constitution were written during the period of Reconstruction to end slavery and extend citizenship and the vote to freedmen. These are listed below: : Article 13: passed in ...

Corwin Amendment

Political systems; Slavery

This amendment, passed in both Houses of Congress in February, 1861, stated that Congress could pass no law outlawing existing state institutions, especially slavery. Although it was intended as a ...

Creole

Political systems; Slavery

A person of mixed European and black descent; a language with different European and African influences; Creole culture formed by Africans in the Americas combining beliefs of different ethnic groups ...

Copperheads

Political systems; Slavery

Also known as the Knights of the Golden Circle or the Sons of Liberty. They were groups of Northerners who sympathised with the slave-holding South during the Civil War. The term is derived from ...

Craniometry

Political systems; Slavery

A method of measuring the interiors of skulls used by nineteenth century American scientist Samuel George Morton in a futile attempt to prove that blacks and Native Americans are inferior in ...