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Slavery in America was the legal institution of enslaving human beings, mainly Africans and African Americans. Slavery existed in the United States from its founding in 1776 and became the...
- 13th Amendment
Slavery in America. Black Codes. The year after the...
- Rebellions
The 1733 St. John Insurrection. One of the earliest slave...
- Nat Turner
Nathanial “Nat” Turner (1800-1831) was a black American...
- Sharecropping
Sharecropping is a system of farming in which families, both...
- Harriet Tubman
Escape from Slavery . In 1840, Harriet’s father was set free...
- Civil Rights Movement
The civil rights movement was a struggle for justice and...
- Dred Scott Decision
In the Dred Scott case, or Dred Scott v. Sanford, the...
- Jamestown
The Jamestown Colony was the first permanent English...
- 13th Amendment
The legal institution of human chattel slavery, comprising the enslavement primarily of Africans and African Americans, was prevalent in the United States of America from its founding in 1776 until 1865, predominantly in the South. Slavery was established throughout European colonization in the Americas.
The 1619 Project examines the legacy of slavery in America. Read all the stories. Artwork by Deb Bishop. Four hundred years after enslaved Africans were first brought to Virginia, most...
During the period of slavery, free Blacks made up about one-tenth of the entire African American population. In 1860 there were almost 500,000 free African Americans—half in the South and half in the North. The free Black population originated with former indentured servants and their descendants.
Slavery In America summary: Slavery in America began in the early 17th Century and continued to be practiced for the next 250 years by the colonies and states. Slaves, mostly from Africa, worked in the production of tobacco crops and later, cotton.
Much of U.S. history, however, is contextualized by the system of slavery that was imposed on African Americans for 250 years—and how those born under that system and in its aftermath have crafted a culture deeply rooted in resilience and looking toward the future.
August 23, 2019. • 3 min read. Four hundred years ago the first slave ship docked on North American shores, launching a chapter of the trans-Atlantic trade that saw more than 12.5 million people...
