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Trace the history of slavery in the US from its origins in the 17th century to its abolition with the 13th Amendment in 1865.
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Slavery in the United States from 1600 – 1865 Frederik Roland Andersen
Slavery in the US - The 17th Century 1624 - The first kind of enslaved black men, Atlantic Creoles, are shipped to New Amsterdam with the sole purpose of exploitation 1640 – The equality between African and European indentured servants starts shifting 1641 – 1669: Slavery becomes codified in the US Final years of the 17th century - Race laws are made against free black people
1640 – The ‘equality’ between African and European indentured servants shifts
1641 – 1669 Codification of slavery - 1641 Massachusetts: Body of Liberties- 1662 Bondage from mother to child - 1688 First anti-slavery resolution by the Quakers
Slavery in the US - The 18th Century The evolve of the transatlantic slave trade 1772: The appearance of the slave narratives 1743 - 1826: Thomas Jefferson 1775 - 1783: The American Revolution Acts of Slavery 1788 – The Fugitive Slave Cause
Acts of anti-slavery 1758: Quakers in Philadelphia ban slavery 1777: Vermont bans slavery 1787-1789: The Northwest Ordinance bans slavery
Acts of pro-slavery 1790: Naturalization banned 1792: Afro-Americans are banned from joining the military 1793: Fugitive Slave Act
Slavery in the US - The 19th Century The Second Great Awakening 1804: The Underground Railroad 1807: The Ban of Slave Importation The Political Slave Conflict Douglas and the North Star Twelve Years a Slave Abraham Lincoln The Civil War
The political slave conflict Riots in the Northern states against abolitionist movements
“Right is of no Sex, Truth is of no Color, God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren” Frederick Douglas & The North Star
Civil War 1861 - 1865 1863 Emancipation Proclamation Constitution of 1865 ends slavery “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United states, or any place subject to their jurisdiction” - 13th amendment