More From encyclopedia.com
Slavery , Slavery
Slavery is the unconditional servitude of one individual to another. A slave is usually acquired by purchase and legally described as chattel… Slave , Skip to main content
Slave
slave / slāv/ • n. chiefly hist. a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them. ∎ a person who… Baptism , Before slavery became a fixture on the North American mainland, Europeans, both Catholics and Protestants, debated the relationship between African s… Slave Trade , Jews engaged in the slave trade – although they never played a prominent role in it – from the early Middle Ages to the early modern period. While it… John Woolman , Woolman, John
Woolman, John
Some Considerations on the Keeping of Negroes
Reprinted in Early American Writing
Published in 1994
Edited by Giles Gunn… Slave Codes , The white male political and social power structure in the American colonies and slaveholding states needed an effective way to regulate and control…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Rush 1984