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25. apr. 2024 · Learn about the origins, evolution and legacy of slavery in America, from the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in 1619 to the abolition of the institution after the Civil War. Explore the facts, figures and stories of millions of people who were enslaved and their descendants.
- Sharecropping
Sharecropping is a system of farming in which families, both...
- Rebellions
The 1733 St. John Insurrection. One of the earliest slave...
- Abolitionist Movement
The abolitionist movement was the effort to end slavery, led...
- Dred Scott Decision
Sandford and ruled against Scott, holding him and his family...
- Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was an escaped enslaved woman who became a...
- Frederick Douglass
By 1843, Douglass had become part of the American...
- Black Codes
Black codes were restrictive laws designed to limit the...
- 13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished...
- Sharecropping
3 dager siden · Slavery was outlawed in 1840 via the Treaty of Waitangi, although it did not end completely until government was effectively extended over the whole of the country with the defeat of the King movement in the Wars of the mid-1860s.
4 dager siden · Slavery in Haiti started with the arrival of Christopher Columbus on the island in 1492. The practice was devastating to the native population.
for 1 dag siden · The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people, mainly to the Americas. The outfitted European slave ships of the slave trade regularly used the triangular trade route and its Middle Passage, and existed from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
29. apr. 2024 · Slave trade, the capturing, selling, and buying of enslaved persons. Slavery has existed throughout the world since ancient times, and trading in slaves has been equally universal. The practice of slavery continued in many countries (illegally) into the 21st century.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
13. mai 2024 · When Did Slavery Start in the American Colonies? In 1607, at the time of the founding of Jamestown , the first permanent British colony in North America, slavery was not a new phenomenon on the...
3. mai 2024 · Between 1517 and 1867, about 12.5 million Africans began the Middle Passage across the Atlantic, enduring cruel treatment, disease, and paralyzing fear aboard slave ships. Of those, about 10.7 million survived, with about 40 percent of them going to work on sugarcane plantations in Brazil.
