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Slavery in the United States

Slavery in the United States. The slave- ship Brookes (1788). Inside a Slave Ship. 19th Century: A diagram depicting the proper way to pack and ship slaves across the atlantic ocean. US Population Timeline

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Slavery in the United States

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  1. Slavery in the United States

  2. The slave- ship Brookes (1788)

  3. Inside a Slave Ship

  4. 19th Century: A diagram depicting the proper way to pack and ship slaves across the atlantic ocean

  5. US Population Timeline First English settlement: Roanoke, Va 1785Jamestown in 16071600-1619:         est. 210Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock in 16201620-1629:        est. 24991,000 Puritans arrive in Massachusetts in 16301630-1639:        est. 5700Within 10 years, 20,000 Puritans arrive in Massachusetts1640-1649:     est. 27,9471650-1659:     est. 51,7001660-1669:     est. 84,8001670-1679:    est. 114,5001680-1689:    est. 155,6001690-1699:    est. 213,5001700-1709:    est. 275,0001710-1719:    est. 357,5001720-1729:    est. 474,3881730-1739:    est. 654,9501740-1749:    est. 889,0001750-1759:  est. 1,207,0001760-1769:  est. 1,610,000

  6. Slave Sale Ad

  7. 1861: The selling of slaves at U.S. auctions was a profitable business venture for individuals looking to make a large profit on a minimal investment.

  8. Charleston Slave Market

  9. 1857: A slave owner brands his slaves in order to help him "keep track of merchandise."

  10. Punishments for slaves

  11. Slave Codes • Slave codes were laws meant to control slaves. • These codes forbid slaves from learning to read, owning firearms, or marrying a white person. • The penalty a slave faced for learning to read was having a thumb cut off! • These laws also made the children born to slaves automatically slaves for life (generational slavery).

  12. Anti-Slavery Lundy formed the first anti-slavery society in 1815

  13. Human Rights and the Rights of Slaves

  14. Everyone has the right to:  Be born free and should be treated in the same way  Be treated as equals, despite differences in language, sex, colour etc.  Life and to live in freedom and safety  Be recognized by the law  Be treated equally before the law  Ask for help when their rights are not respected  A fair trial  To be presumed innocent until proven guilty  Privacy  Travel within and to and from their own country  Asylum  A nationality  Marry  Own property and things  Freedom of thought, conscience and religion  Freedom of opinion and expression  Meet with others  Take part in government and to vote  Social security  Work and join a trade union  Rest and leisure  An adequate standard of living and medical help  Education  Take part in their community’s cultural life Everyone is entitled to a social and international order that is necessary for these rights Everyone has the right not to:  Be held in slavery  Be hurt or tortured  Be imprisoned unjustly Everyone:  Must respect the rights of others No-one can take away any of the rights in this declaration Summary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)

  15.  Slaves are property and can be sold  Masters can do as they like with their slaves  Masters must destroy slave culture  Slaves are given new names  Slaves can be killed  Slaves cannot marry  Slaves cannot be educated  Slaves must be locked up at night  Slaves must wear a ball and chain  Slaves cannot become Christians  Slaves cannot possess property/sell anything  All blacks are slaves  Slaves’ children are the property of the master The rights of slaves 1764

  16. Modern Slavery • forced to work -- through mental or physical threat; • owned or controlled by an 'employer', usually through mental or physical abuse or threatened abuse; • dehumanized, treated as a commodity or bought and sold as 'property'; • physically constrained or has restrictions placed on his/her freedom of movement.

  17. My first boss bought me and beat me - Kadum, 18 Cambodia  Many migrant workers are trafficked into the United States and are forced to harvest crops on farms in Florida Dieusibon Delice ran away from the abuses he faced as a child domestic worker and is now living in a shelter in Haiti Boy bonded labourer Pakistan (Sindh Province) Whole families are in bonded labour. Kailash Bhika, 28, with his wife, Rambeti, 24, daughter Ratma, 4 and son Kalv (18 mo) Jiera (19, Lithuanian) was a victim of human trafficking. "My life has been ruined... They trafficked me into prostitution when I was 17." What Jiera thought was going to be a holiday in London became a nightmare before she escaped with the help of a Lithuanian punter.

  18. http://slaveryfootprint.org

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