- Persecution:
to be badly treated, oppressed or harassed usually because of beliefs, gender, race, religion or sexual orientation - Philanthropy:
Love for mankind involving a display goodwill or charitable gesture. - Physician :
A medical doctor, not a surgeon - Pidgin:
A simplified language resulting from colonialism and the need for a commonly understood form of communication. For example, the Caribbean islands where populations grew to include Europeans, Africans and Indians. - Plantation :
A large area of farmland, or estate, planted with particular crops - Planter:
A person who owns or manages a plantation - Plantocracy :
The settlers who developed plantations in the Caribbean into successful businesses; the name combines their local rank and the status to which they aspired - Prejudice:
A preconceived opinion, usually based on a feeling rather than evidence and balanced judgement - Pressed into Service:
Very few people volunteered to join the Royal Navy in the 17th and 18th centuries. A method of forcing people to join was 'Impressment', whereby Naval ships would come alongside merchant ships and Press Gangs would come on board and take any sea-faring men (not officers) they chose - as long as they left enough men to sail the merchant ship. - Privateer :
The captain of a privately owned war-ship, licensed by one government to raid the shipping of an enemy country - Privilege slave :
An enslaved African given to a ship's officer by the slave ship owner as a special honour, or privilege - Pro-slavery :
A person, or an action/idea that is in favour of slavery | | |