Several southerners during the time of reconstruction attempted to their former slaves in an attempt to maintain control of them.

The answer is contract. Many of southerners at that time of Reconstruction trying  to contract their former slaves in an attempt to hold control of them. A derogatory term appropriate to Northerners who migrated south in the time of the Reconstruction to take advantage of opportunities to advance their own luck by buying up land from furious Southerners and by manipulating new black voters to obtain advantageous government contracts.

atman means 'eternal self'. the atman refers to the real self beyond ego or false self. it is often referred to as 'spirit' or 'soul' and indicates our true self or essence which underlies our existence.

there are many interesting perspectives on the self in hinduism ranging from the self as eternal servant of god to the self as being identified with god. the understanding of the self as eternal supports the idea of reincarnation in that the same eternal being can inhabit temporary bodies.

the idea of atman entails the idea of the self as a spiritual rather than material being and thus there is a strong dimension of hinduism which emphasises detachment from the material world and promotes practices such as asceticism. thus it could be said that in this world, a spiritual being, the atman, has a human experience rather than a human being having a spiritual experience.

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