That second forced migration was known as the domestic, or internal, slave trade: âIn the seven decades between the ratification of the Constitution [in 1787] and the Civil War [1861],â the historian Walter Johnson tells us in his book Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market, âapproximately one million enslaved people were relocated ...
plural umbilical cords. Learner's definition of UMBILICAL CORD. [count] : a long, narrow tube that connects an unborn baby to the placenta of its mother â sometimes used figuratively. The time has come to cut/sever the umbilical cord that keeps us dependent on foreign aid.
The umbilical cord is the connection between a mother and her baby. It enters your baby through what eventually becomes their navel, or belly button, and is pretty big, averaging about 50 cm (20 inches) in length and 2 cm (about Â¾ inch) in diameter in a full term baby.f the cord is wrapped around your newbornâs neck, slide your finger under the cord. Then, gently pull it over your newbornâs head. Take care not to stretch the cord tight. 1  With your babyâs first breaths in the first few seconds after delivery, your babyâs circulation shifts away dramatically from the placenta.