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formerly enslaved men, women, and children A handwritten letter on aged paper with cursive script, dated July 22, 1836, from Washington Hall to Jemima Hall, with text filling most of the page.
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formerly enslaved men, women, and children Group of formerly enslaved men, women, and children posing outside a building on Foller Plantation, Cumberland Landing, Virginia, May 14, 1862.

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Professor of Russian History, University of Chicago. Author of Slavery in Russia, 1450–1725.
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slavery, condition in which one human being was owned by another. A slave was considered by law as property, or chattel, and was deprived of most of the rights ordinarily held by free persons. What do you think? Explore the ProCon debate There is no consensus on what a slave was or on how the institution of slavery should be defined. Nevertheless, there is general agreement among historians, anthropologists, economists, sociologists, and others who study...

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