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The End of Slavery

The End of Slavery. U.S. History. Leading up to the Civil War. The institution of slavery grew to 4 million and the economy of the Southern states was dependent on it (cotton, tobacco, sugar) As new states were added to the Union, the question came up: Slave or free?. Resistance to Slavery.

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The End of Slavery

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  1. The End of Slavery U.S. History

  2. Leading up to the Civil War • The institution of slavery grew to 4 million and the economy of the Southern states was dependent on it (cotton, tobacco, sugar) • As new states were added to the Union, the question came up: Slave or free?

  3. Resistance to Slavery • Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner led slave rebellions. • John Brown led freed slaves and massacred slave owners and their families. • Abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison worked to bring slavery to an end through more peaceful means (publishing and politics)

  4. Abolitionists

  5. The Civil War • Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. • This terrified the southern states, even though Lincoln did not plan to end slavery. • Led by South Carolina, Southern states began to secede from the Union. • The war lasted 4 years and saw over 600,000 Americans killed. • North/South reunited, slavery ended.

  6. U.S. in 1861

  7. The Emancipation Proclamation • In late 1862, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed slaves in all states “in rebellion” • This included the states of LA, AL, MS, GA, NC, SC, FL, & VA. • It did not apply to loyal border states. • Not a slave was actually freed at this time, but it did shift the focus of the war to ending slavery.

  8. Post- Civil War Life • While technically free following the Civil war, “freedmen” faced many challenges. • Black Codes • Unofficial laws that oppressed blacks • Violence and intimidation • KKK • Sharecropping • Farming land that someone else owns • Did not allow freed blacks to move forward $$$ • Voting/ political rights • Intimidation, literacy tests, poll taxes

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