A chattel slave is an enslaved person who is owned for ever and whose children and children's children are automatically enslaved. Slaves are individuals treated as complete property, to be bought and sold.

large estate farmed by many workers

A system in which goods and slaves were traded among the Americas, Britain, and Africa.

Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory.

A movement from one country or region to another

extreme scarcity of food

regional outbreak of a disease

A person who spreads his or her religious beliefs to others

A Spanish conqueror of the Americas

The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.

Non-religious

an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred.

the action or process of reforming an institution or practice.

a revival of or renewed interest in something.