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| abolition |
(capitalized) the end of slavery in the United States. [1/2 definitions] |
| abolitionism |
a movement in the United States in the 1800s whose goal was to free the people who were slaves and make slavery against the law. |
| abolitionist |
a person who supported Abolition, or the ending of slavery, before the Civil War. |
| bondage |
the condition of being forced to serve another; slavery. |
| civil war |
(cap.)The U.S. war (1861-1865) between the Northern states (Union) and the Southern states (Confederacy), which was caused by a conflict over the governing rights of individual states and the practice of slavery. [1/2 definitions] |
| emancipate |
to free from slavery or other control. |
| Republican Party |
one of the two major political parties in the United States. The Republican Party was founded in 1854 as part of a movement against slavery. |
| slavery |
Slavery is the owning of people by other people. Slavery has been common in many places throughout history and throughout the world. Slavery was legal in places in the United States until 1865. It was legal in some countries of the world until 1980. Slavery has often occurred when one group of people conquers or has great power over another group. [2 definitions] |
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