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25. apr. 2024 · Learn about the origins, evolution and legacy of slavery in the United States, from the 17th century to the Civil War and beyond. Explore the timeline, figures, documents and photos of enslaved people and their fight for freedom.
- Sharecropping
But by the 1940s—with increased mechanization and...
- Rebellions
News of the first successful rebellion—the only slave...
- Abolitionist Movement
The abolitionist movement was an organized effort to end the...
- Dred Scott Decision
In the Dred Scott case, or Dred Scott v. Sanford, the...
- Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was an escaped enslaved woman who became a...
- Frederick Douglass
When he returned to the United States in 1847, Douglass...
- Black Codes
Black codes were restrictive laws designed to limit the...
- 13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment states: “Neither slavery nor involuntary...
- Sharecropping
5 dager siden · The bloody American Civil War ended slavery in the United States in 1865. The system ended in Cuba and Brazil in the 1880s because it was no longer profitable for the owners. Slavery continued to exist in Africa, where Arab slave traders raided black areas for new captives to be sold in the system.
2 dager siden · Slavery in the United States was the legal institution of human chattel enslavement, primarily of Africans and African Americans, that existed in the United States of America in the 18th and 19th centuries, after it gained independence from the British and before the end of the American Civil War.
5 dager siden · In the United States, abolitionism, the movement that sought to end slavery in the country, was active from the colonial era until the American Civil War, the end of which brought about the abolition of American slavery, except as punishment for a crime, through the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (ratified 1865).
19. apr. 2024 · Abolitionism, movement between about 1783 and 1888 that was chiefly responsible for creating the emotional climate necessary for ending the transatlantic slave trade and chattel slavery. Between the 16th and 19th centuries an estimated total of 12 million enslaved Africans were forcibly transported to the Americas.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
2 dager siden · William Skidmore. Rice University. Citation: William Skidmore, review of Long Emancipation: The Demise of Slavery in the United States, (review no. 1892) DOI: 10.14296/RiH/2014/1892. Date accessed: 13 May, 2024. The ratification of the 13th Amendment in December 1865 marked the crowning achievement in the history of American abolitionism.
30. apr. 2024 · The 1619 Project is a multimedia journalism series that reframes U.S. history around African American experiences, particularly slavery and its legacy in contemporary American life. The project was originated by New York Times Magazine staff writer Nikole Hannah-Jones, who received the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for the ...
