Slaves

  • 101HELOTS —    slaves who formed the lowest grade of the population of Sparta, were descendants of the original inhabitants of Laconia, or prisoners of war; they were slaves belonging to the State, from the State alone could they receive manumission; they… …

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  • 102Esclaves — Slaves    Drame d Herbert J. Biberman, avec Ossie Davis, Stephen Boyd, Dionne Warwick.   Pays: États Unis   Date de sortie: 1969   Technique: couleurs   Durée: 1 h 50    Résumé    Le destin contrasté d un Noir au temps de l esclavage dans le sud… …

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  • 103Esclaves de New York — Slaves of New York    Comédie de James Ivory, avec Bernadette Peters, Chris Sarandon, Mary Beth Hurt.   Pays: États Unis   Date de sortie: 1988   Technique: couleurs   Durée: 2 h 05    Résumé    Dans le milieu artistique «branché» de Manhattan,… …

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  • 104History of slavery — The history of slavery uncovers many different forms of human exploitation across many cultures throughout history. Slavery, generally defined, refers to the systematic exploitation of labor traced back to the earliest records, such as the Code… …

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  • 105slavery — /slay veuh ree, slayv ree/, n. 1. the condition of a slave; bondage. 2. the keeping of slaves as a practice or institution. 3. a state of subjection like that of a slave: He was kept in slavery by drugs. 4. severe toil; drudgery. [1545 55; SLAVE… …

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  • 106Slavery — Slave redirects here. For other uses, see Slave (disambiguation). Part of a series on …

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  • 107History of the Caribbean — The history of the Caribbean reveals the significant role the region played in the colonial struggles of the European powers since the fifteenth century. In the twentieth century the Caribbean was again important during World War II, in the… …

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  • 108Slavery in the United States — began soon after English colonists first settled Virginia in 1607 and lasted until the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1865. Before the widespread establishment of chattel slavery, much labor was organized …

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  • 109Islam and slavery — The major juristic schools of Islam traditionally accepted the institution of slavery.Lewis 1994, [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/lewis1.html Ch.1] ] Muhammad and many of his companions bought, sold, freed, and captured slaves. Slaves… …

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  • 110Slavery in ancient Greece — Funerary stele of Mnesarete; a young servant (left) is facing her dead mistress.[1] Attica, circa 380 BC. (Glyptothek, Munich, Germany) Slavery was common practice …

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