May 11, 2018 · Slavery is the unconditional servitude of one individual to another. A slave is usually acquired by purchase and legally described as chattel or a tangible form of movable property. For …

Slavery and RaceDEFINITIONS OF SLAVERYSLAVERY AS A GLOBAL PHENOMENONTHE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE AND THE RACIALIZATION OF SLAVERYSLAVERY AND …

ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN THE NORTH The American Revolution is regarded as the precipitating factor in the abolition of northern slavery. However, more than a century of arguments and measures …

Slavery and the Economy: An OverviewForced labor was an essential component of the Southern economy from the time Europeans first settled the American South in significant numbers. …

The Economic Impact of Slavery in the SouthWith its mild climate and fertile soil, the South became an agrarian society, where tobacco, rice, sugar, cotton, wheat, and hemp undergirded the economy. …

Antislavery Arguments: An OverviewDuring North American slavery from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries, there were those who challenged the system for a variety of reasons. First and foremost …

Abolition of Slavery United States 1863-1865 Synopsis By early 1861, just before the beginning of the American Civil War (sometimes also called the War Between the States and the War for Southern …

Revolution: Slavery and Blacks in the RevolutionIn the late colonial period, slavery pervaded British North America. It was legal in every colony. Along the seaboard south of Delaware, African bondage …

One of the most valuable weapons that the abolitionist movement used in its war against slavery was the so-called " Underground Railroad." This was the name given to a secret network of free blacks …

The Debate over Slavery in the United States ADAPTED FROM ESSAYS BY LAURA MITCHELL, UNIVERSITY OFCALIFORNIA, AND JONATHAN HOLLOWAY, YALE UNIVERSITY Source for …