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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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Smallpox
Political systems; Slavery
Acute contagious disease caused by a virus, with fever and pustules, and with a high death rate; now eradicated world-wide.
Slavery
Political systems; Slavery
The institution that kept people as property, and submissive to work under the domination of others.
Stereotype
Political systems; Slavery
A fixed notion of a group of people, often based on prejudices.
Christiana Riot
Political systems; Slavery
On September 11, 1851, in Christiana, Pennsylvania, a slave owner and a party of supporters and three deputy marshals attempted to capture some runaway slaves hiding in a house protected by 24 armed ...
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Political systems; Slavery
This act brought a legal end to the "Jim Crow" laws of the South. Unfortunately, there is a big difference between de jure and de facto practices. By law, black people are free, but in fact, they are ...
Chattel slavery
Political systems; Slavery
A form of slavery, introduced by Europeans, in which the enslaved person is treated as a piece of property belonging to his or her owner and has no rights; this status is for life and their children ...
