Class-Action Lawsuits Are Suits in Which a Number of Persons

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Class-action lawsuits are suits in which a number of persons join together to bring an action.

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Definitions:

Antebellum Louisiana

Describes the period and conditions in Louisiana before the American Civil War when the state's economy was heavily dependent on slavery.

Plaçage

A recognized extralegal system in French and Spanish colonial societies, which arranged formal unions between European men and women of African or indigenous descent.

Denmark Vesey's Conspiracy

A planned, but unexecuted, large slave revolt in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1822, led by Denmark Vesey.

Free Man

An individual who is not enslaved or subject to servitude, possessing full legal and social freedoms.