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4 giorni fa · Under slavery, an enslaved person is considered by law as property, or chattel, and is deprived of most of the rights ordinarily held by free persons. Learn more about the history, legality, and sociology of slavery in this article.
3 giorni fa · Slavery was institutionalized by the time the first civilizations emerged (such as Sumer in Mesopotamia, [5] which dates back as far as 3500 BC). Slavery features in the Mesopotamian Code of Hammurabi (c. 1750 BC), which refers to it as an established institution. [6]
1 giorno fa · Enslavement is the placement of a person into slavery, and the person is called a slave or an enslaved person (see § Terminology). Many historical cases of enslavement occurred as a result of breaking the law, becoming indebted, suffering a military defeat, or exploitation for cheaper labor; other forms of slavery were instituted ...
7 ore fa · In 1837, American poet John Greenleaf Whittier wrote the broadside “Our Countrymen in Chains,” clearly describing the enslaved person as a citizen and speaking of the horror of a market-driven ...
1 giorno fa · The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people, mainly to the Americas. The outfitted European slave ships of the slave trade regularly used the triangular trade route and its Middle Passage, and existed from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
1 giorno fa · George Washington arrived in Georgetown on July 16, 1792, to judge the final entries in the competition for who would build “The President’s House.”. The next morning, a young Irish builder named James Hoban was announced the winner. His drawing showed a three-story rectangular building of dressed stone with a frontispiece of engaged columns.
2 giorni fa · In short, Americans engaged in a strenuous debate about the nature of freedom and equality. With the surrender of Confederate armies and the capture of Jefferson Davis in the spring of 1865, pressing questions demanded immediate answers.
