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Congress had to wait
As the constitution said , the congress had to wait until 1808 to make importing slaves in the United States illegal. -
Slavery in United States
During the 1800's many american families owned african american slaves. You may be asking what is a "slave"? A "slave" is a person who is held as property of another person. -
3/5 Comprimise
In order to figure out how many reprsenatives each state would get in the house of represenatives, slaves were counted as 3/5 of a person. -
11 vs 11
In 1819 there was a count of 11 free states and 11 slave states. Both of the sides worried that a new state would give one side more represenatives. -
Slaughter
One one virginia night, nat Turner and a group of slaves went in side their owners house and murdered them. Then this process continued through the night at different houses while other slaves continued to join turner in his massacre. -
Dont like it ? Sue me!
I dont have an exact date but i bieleve that some time in 1846 Dred Scott was suing for his freedom. How crazy was that. I bet they thought he was joking but no he wasnt. He was Suing because his owner had taken him to live where slavery was illegal. Now think, back then african americans didnt have any rights. -
Slave code
This Slave Code booklet for Washington D.C., was published in 1862 wich was one mothe before Lincoln abolished slavery in the nation's capitol. -
Slaves were freed!
Slaves were finally freed in all rebel states due to Abraham Lincoln's (16th president) Emancipation Proclamation.
