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When slavery started
The first slaves in America were brought over by a Dutch slave trader in 1619. He had brought of 20 slaves to Jamestown in Virginia, and exchanged them for food. At one point, Jamestown exported 10 tons of tobacco to Europe and became a "Boom town". Their products gave them enough money to import 20 African men, and 90 women from Europe. Black men were paid by food, and women by 125 pounds of tobacco. With the success of tobacco planting, slavery became legalized in Virginia and Maryland. -
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Time of Slavery in American
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Slavery Growing
Slavery continued to grow throughout the colonies. In the 1660's, the colonies started enacting laws that kept African American men, and children of slave women would serve for life. This a the growth of the population insured the lasting of slavery. Not only did African Americans continue working on plantations, but they also started working in tropical environments as well. Because of their almost immunity to yellow fever, and Malaria, this solved the tropical labor problem. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon was a wealthy Englishman who lived in Virginia. He strongly disliked many Indians, as opposed to the governor, William Berkeley, who did not want to attack innocent Native Americans. When Bacon took it upon himself to attack the Occaneechees, Berkeley declared Bacon a rebel. charged him with treason, and gave him a pardon. The next time Bacon went back to Jamestown, he brought an army of 500 men. He promised slaves would be free if they fought for him. Whites fought with slaves. -
The Quakers
Despite Quaker opposition to slavery, about 4,000 slaves were brought to Pennsylvania by the 1730's. Quakers were the first group to attack slavery. In 1758 the yearly Philadelphia meeting said that slavery was inconsistent with Christianity. In 1775 Quakers played a dominant role in the formation of the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery, the first antislavery society in America. -
The Underground Railroad and Fugitive Slave Act
The Underground Railroad was a network of people, both African American and White, that shelter and aid runaway slaves from the south. Quakers were a big part of setting up a network for runaway slaves. The "Conductors" of the underground railroad are the ones who provide cover for the fugitives. Harriet Tubman freed 300 slaves. The fugitive slave act was passed in 1793, allowed local governments to apprehend escaped slaves from within the borders of free states back to their point of origin. -
The Civil war and End of Slavery
The Civil war was the end of Slavery in the United states. The Civil war was the fight between the North and the south over the right to own slaves. The North won. Abraham Lincoln as president during the time, and created the 13th amendment, which completely abolished slavery. From then on slaves were free, but Africans Americans were still not treated equally. Abraham Lincoln was a huge part in freeing slavery. After 300 years of slavery in the United Staes, it was finally over
