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• Abraham Lincoln [r]: (1809-65) Sixteenth U.S. President (from 1861 to 1865) who prosecuted the American Civil War to reclaim 11 seceding states and abolish slavery; assassinated in 1865 near the beginning of his second term. Considered the greatest of all American presidents. ^[e]
• African American literature [r]: The body of literature produced in the USA by writers of African descent. ^[e]
• Africa [r]: Continent stretching over the equator, hosting deserts, tropical jungles and savannah as well as over fifty nations; population about 900,000,000. ^[e]
• American Civil War [r]: {1861-65) war by the U.S. to prevent 11 of its states (the Confederate States of America) from seceding; won by the U.S. after the death of 600,000 people and the abolishment of slavery. ^[e]
• Angola [r]: A country in southern Africa, and Africa's largest Portuguese-speaking state. ^[e]
• Back door man [r]: A phrase common in blues lyrics to denote a secret lover, who sneaks out the back door when the husband comes home. ^[e]
• Benjamin Franklin [r]: 1706-1790, American statesman and scientist, based in Philadelphia. ^[e]
• Blade Runner [r]: 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, set in an imagined Los Angeles of 2019. ^[e]
• Butler [r]: Manages all affairs of a household and servicing of principals and guests, providing the service themselves and/or hiring and supervising outside contractors, vendors, housekeeping staff, chef, chauffeur, valet, or personal assistant or secretary. ^[e]
• Caribbean [r]: A region in the Americas consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands, and the surrounding coasts. ^[e]
• Charles Darwin [r]: (1809 – 1882) English natural scientist, most famous for proposing the theory of natural selection. ^[e]
• Citizen [r]: A legally recognized member of a political or civil community. ^[e]
• Creole (language) [r]: Native language, such as Haitian Creole, which under most definitions originated as a pidgin (a rudimentary language without native speakers, created by at least two groups of speakers as a contact language. i.e. to allow immediate communication) but became as complex as any other language through being acquired by children as a first language. ^[e]
• Creole (people) [r]: People of mixed ancestry, generally colonial and indigenous. Depending on context, the term can be merely descriptive or highly pejorative. ^[e]
• Edinburgh [r]: The capital of Scotland. ^[e]
• Evangelicalism [r]: A historically recent collection of religious beliefs, practices, and traditions typified by an emphasis on evangelism, and by what adherents call a "personal experience" of conversion. ^[e]
• Extrajudicial detention [r]: The policy and practice of holding prisoners captive without judicial authority to do so, or without a recognized authority under international law, such capture of prisoners of war ^[e]
• Filartiga v. Pena-Irala [r]: A 1984 decision by a U.S. appellate court, which supported universal jurisdiction over torture, and command responsibility for the superiors of torturers ^[e]
• Forti v. Suarez Mason [r]: A 1987 U.S. case that determined that the principle of hostis humani generis applied to torturers, and thus placed them under universal jurisdiction, such that they could be appreheded by any country even though the torture had taken place in that country, and the parties were not citizens of that country ^[e]
• Franklin Pierce [r]: (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) The 14th President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. ^[e]
• Free Soil Party [r]: Short-lived U.S. political party opposing expansion of slavery; it ran presidential candidates in 1848 and 1852. ^[e]
• Gadsden Purchase [r]: The 1853 U.S. purchase of a 29.1 million acre strip of borderland from Mexico that became part of Arizona and New Mexico. ^[e]
• German Americans [r]: The largest ethnic group in the United States, with over 45 million people, comprising over a fourth of the white population. ^[e]
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