Slavery History America

The  mass movement to abolish slavery started in England in the mid-18^th century. British ships controlled much of the slave trade at the time.


Through this experiences in the past of slavery, we should use and learn that racism should   stop existing. Even though now slavery does not exist and people have their rights but there is still racism in today's world. I believe that we should do another law that will help to stop racism. All this racism in the world leads to violence. 

(A video of Slavery in the United States) - this is part 1, after your finish seeing part 1 - go to part 2. There are 3 parts of the video. Hope you enjoy the video and learn a lot from it. :)

Slavery History America

During the Civil War, the worst episode of the war was the Ku Klux Klan - under the command of Nathan Bedford Forrest - founder of the Ku Klux Klan. They massacred Union soldiers at Fort Pillow on the Tennessee River on April 12, 1864. The Civil War experience was a high point in history. 


"After the War, the nation all but abandoned efforts at providing justice for the formerly enslaved except during a few short years from 1865 to 1876, known as the era of Reconstruction. After that brief period, during which southern blacks experienced significant political and social empowerment, there descended upon the region over 100 years of segregation, lynching, disfranchisement, and racial violence commonly known as the era of Jim Crow. Writing in the 1890s in the midst of Jim Crow, black poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, whose father served as a Union soldier, wrote with pride about the Civil War experience of blacks who fought to free themselves from slavery, both actually and symbolically."


http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/history/hs_es_overview.htm

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglas freed himself from slavery and helped to free millions of others. He lived in Rochester, NY throughout the Civil War. After the war he moved to Washington, DC to serve in international affairs.

Frederick Douglas was known as one of the America's first great black speakers. He gave a powerful voice for human rights in American history and is still used for today's period.

He served as an adviser to President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War and fought for the adoption of constitutional amendments that guarantee voting rights and other civil liberties for blacks. He was one of the foremost leaders of the abolitionist movement, which fought to end slavery in the United States.

Slavery in the U.S.

In 1833, Britain stopped slavery, then in late 1865 the United States did the same, making it illegal. They made it a crime to own slaves. In the United States, it stopped after the American Civil War. When the North won, all slaves were made free. When that happened, it was called "abolition of slavery". Slavery still exists today in some countries.

The first slaves arrived in Virginia around 1619, and slavery existed in America for the next 250 years. During the four centuries of the Atlantic slave trade, an estimated 11 million Africans were transported to North and South America. Slaves had no say in where they lived or who they worked for. They had no representation in government. Slaves could not own property and were not allowed to learn or be taught how to read and write.

The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 did not end slavery. Slavery continued in the states that were part of the Union forces. Slavery came to an end in 1865 when the 13th Amendment was ratified after the end of the Civil War.

"Abolition of slavery meant freedom from: the separation of families, rape of women slaves by slave masters, beatings (and other punishments), working without consent, working for someone without wages, lack of access to education, white supervision during religious worship and the denial of marriage."

Sources:

http://civilliberty.about.com/od/raceequalopportunity/ig/History-of-Black-Civil-Rights/The-Atlantic-Slave-Trade.htm - important information.
http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/wahl.slavery.us

http://www.usnationalslaverymuseum.org/# - you can learn more about slavery in the museum.

http://www.uen.org/themepark/liberty/slavery.shtml
http://www.tellmewhyfacts.com/2007/11/when-was-slavery-abolished-in-us-and.html