What is the system of government in which political power resides with the people?

This was an order issued during the civil war by president lincoln ending slavery in the confederate states

How different might ayuba's experiences of slavery have been had he been sold in jamaica rather than maryland?

Which of the following led to a continuation of the treatment in the excerpt above? a)the brutality of the trans-atlantic african slave trade. b)spanish repression after violent native uprisings in new spain during the 16th century. c)european competition to quickly establish colonial holdings in the new world. d)the reliance of the spanish on native americans to provide labor under the encomienda system.