People Power and Social Change Lecture Notes

Vocabulary terms and definitions related to the concepts of freedom, equality, the history of slavery, abolitionism, and the women's suffrage movement.

Freedom

Not having external forces or pressures on the outside; feeling control of your thoughts and situations while staying away from potential dangers.

Equality

Treating everyone the same or everyone getting the same things.

Equitable / Equity

Being equal based on needs; treating people fairly based on the situation.

Propaganda

Information, often misleading or biased, that is spread to promote a particular political point of view or to change public opinions.

P.O.S.T.E.R.

An acronym used to evaluate propaganda media: Producer, Occasion, Sentiment, Thoughts, Encouragement, and Result.

Mesopotamia (c. 2200 BCE)

The location and time of the first recorded example of people being enslaved to work on farms and perform manual labour.

Trans-Saharan Slave Trade

A trade system that started c. 650 CE in North Africa where non-Muslim Africans and Europeans were captured and sold into the Middle East.

Debt Bondage

A practice recorded in Britain c. 1000 CE where families sold their children and themselves into slavery to escape poverty.

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

A naval slave trade started in 1444 CE by Portugal involving the transport of enslaved West Africans.

Chattel Slavery

A form of slavery legalized in Massachusetts in 1641 CE where people can be born into slavery.

Denmark-Norway (1803 CE)

The first European country to ban the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans.

13th Amendment

The U.S. legislation passed in 1865 CE that banned slavery.

Abolitionist

Someone who fights to end something, usually referring to those who tried to end slavery.

Olaudah Equiano

An Igbo man from southern Nigeria whose story inspired many to work towards the abolishment of the Atlantic Slave Trade.

Suffrage

The right to vote, specifically in the context of the Women's Suffrage Movement.

Emmeline Pankhurst

A leader of the women's suffrage movement known for leading protest marches.

Women's Social and Political Union

An organization whose representative colors were often used in suffragette fashion around 1900.

Tactics for Women's Suffrage

Methods used to achieve the right to vote, such as peaceful protests and hunger strikes.