- Seasoning :
The period during which enslaved people newly arrived from Africa were initiated into the labour regime; new slaves were given marginally lesser tasks in the seasoning period as their ability to survive disease was tested - Segregation :
Separating people, especially in the use of public facilities, employment, education, and housing; usually with a denial of political rights for the excluded group - Shackles :
Metal hoops and chains put round the necks, wrists and ankles of slaves to restrain them - Sherbro :
An ethnic group from Sierra Leone who share a common culture and language - Shillings:
An old type of coin used before decimalization in 1969. One pound sterling was made up of 20 shillings, each made up of 12 (old) pence; a shilling is the equivalent of 5p today - Sinecure:
A position or office that requires little or no work but provides a salary. - Slave:
An unpaid servant devoid of freedom and personal rights; one who is the property of another whether by capture, purchase or birth - Slave colony :
A settlement on plantations, based on the labour of enslaved Africans - Slave labour :
Work carried out by the enslaved for the profit of others - Slave-hunter:
A person who made a living capturing runaway slaves and returning them to their masters for a 'bounty' (money) - Slavers :
People who earn a living from capturing, trading or transporting slaves. It was also used to describe ships engaged in transporting the enslaved - Slavery :
Keeping people as property, and requiring them to work under the domination of others - Smallpox :
A virus that caused an acute contagious disease, with fever and pustules, and with a high death rate; now eradicated world-wide - Smuggle:
To bring in or take out illicitly, or by stealth, regardless of lawful customs. After the 1807 act, many Africans were still taken illegally to the West Indies - Smuggler:
A person engaged in the unlawful or illicit transport of goods or people into a country. After the 1807 act, many Africans were still taken illegally to the West Indies - Sub-Sahara :
Area south of the Sahara Desert in Africa - Subordinate :
Of inferior importance or rank, secondary, subservient - Suffrage :
The right to vote in political elections - Suffragette :
A woman who campaigned for the female right to vote - Supplication :
Pleading or appealing for something from a point of weakness | | |