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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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Sherman Plan
Political systems; Slavery
Early in 1865, General William Tecumseh Sherman issued Special Field Order Number 15 setting aside land in South Carolina and its sea islands to be redistributed among former slaves until such time ...
Slave codes
Political systems; Slavery
Local laws passed in the South to prevent slaves from gaining any advantage over the dominant white community. The most common of these laws was one making it illegal for slaves to learn to read and ...
Shillings
Political systems; Slavery
Pre-decimalization in 1969, one pound sterling was made up of 20 shillings, each made up of 12 (old) pence; a shilling is the equivalent of 5p today.
Slavers
Political systems; Slavery
People who earn a living from capturing, trading and transporting enslaved people; ships engaged in transporting the enslaved.
Sherbro
Political systems; Slavery
Members of an ethnic group from Sierra Leone who share a common culture and language.
Slave colony
Political systems; Slavery
A settlement on plantations, based on the labour of enslaved Africans.
