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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Term applied to Northerners coming to the South to run schools for the freedmen, to reorganise political institutions in the South, or to conduct business. The name was derived from the carpetbags in ...

Carnival

Political systems; Slavery

Initially a festival preceding the Catholic season of Lent (a period of fasting from Ash Wednesday to Easter weekend); now refers to general annual festivities, usually with a procession and ...

Chartism

Political systems; Slavery

A populist reform movement of the 1830s-40s, which set out a manifesto called The People's Charter aimed at increasing the rights of the working classes.

Coffle

Political systems; Slavery

Used to describe a group of animals and prisoners or enslaved people chained together in a line commonly used by slavers in the 18th century.

Civilizations

Political systems; Slavery

Communities with advanced systems of social development.

Colonial

Political systems; Slavery

Relating to or characteristic of a colony or colonies.

Emancipation Proclamation

Political systems; Slavery

As a war measure, Lincoln signed this proclamation into law on January 1, 1863. The proclamation freed slaves only in those areas controlled by the Confederacy. However, it did authorise the ...