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Segregation
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The social separation of groups of people especially by race
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Discrimimation
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Unequal treatment based on a person’s race, gender, religion, place of birth, or other arbitrary characteristic.
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Oppression
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The feeling of being weighed down or held back by severe and unfair force
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Defiance
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Open resistance, bold disobedience
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Nat turner rebellion
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One of the largest slave rebellions ever to take place in the United States showed slave owners how vulnerable they were so they tightened the slave codes to prevent it from happening again.
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Racism
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Belief that one race of people is superior (better) than another.
