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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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Sweated labour
Political systems; Slavery
Employment in poor conditions, for long hours and low pay, typically in the late-19th century garment industry; sweatshops still exist today.
Surgeon
Political systems; Slavery
Doctor who specialises in using tools to operate on the body; also a general term for a naval doctor (since most were surgeons)
Task labour
Political systems; Slavery
A system where people are given goals to achieve and therefore benefit if they can complete the work quickly.
Sweatshops
Political systems; Slavery
A factory or workshop employing workers employed for long hours and under poor conditions.
Suffrage
Political systems; Slavery
The right to vote in political elections through the democratic process.
Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
Political systems; Slavery
On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously decided in favour of Brown, stating that the concept of "separate but equal" was impossible to maintain, and that separate facilities were always ...
