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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Contraband

Political systems; Slavery

Early in the war, the War Department allowed slaves fleeing their masters to enter Union lines as "contraband of war" (i.e. property that might be used to fight against the Union).

Corporal punishment

Political systems; Slavery

Punishment by the infliction of physical pain, especially flogging.

Controversial

Political systems; Slavery

Provoking strong disagreement or disapproval, open to dispute or argument.

Organisation of Afro-American Unity

Organisation founded by Malcolm X after his break with the Black Muslims in 1963. This rival organisation promoted the idea of universal brotherhood. Still, Malcolm X felt that brotherhood would be ...

New world

Political systems; Slavery

Term given by Europeans to North and South America and the Caribbean Islands, in contrast to the 'Old World' of Europe, Asia and Africa; when they landed in the Americas Europeans considered them to ...

Nonconformist

Political systems; Slavery

An English term for dissenting Christians other than the Anglicans or Roman Catholics including Baptists, Congregationalists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Quakers, Unitarians and members of the United ...

Nullification

Political systems; Slavery

Term invented by Senator John C. Calhoun of South Carolina around 1837. Under this principle, states had the right to nullify any Federal Law they thought unfair.