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Resistance to Slavery

By balie

  • 650,000 slaves were shipped to Early America from the early 16th century- 18th century

  • Gloucester County, Virgina

    First conspiracy for an uprising for white indentured servants and slaves. Several people were be-headed.

  • Congress prohibited slavery in Northwestern states

    Thomas Jefferson proposed to abolish it in all territories, but failed by one vote.

  • Denmark Vesey's Uprising

    Vesy and the other leaders were betrayed and hung before the uprising. The immesity of the plot scared the white men.
  • Amistad

    Amistad

  • "Go Down Moses"

    "Go Down Moses"

    The New York Tribune published "Go Down Moses" after Revend Lewis Lockwood heard slaves singing it.
  • 1591-1865 around 250 documented slave revolts in North America

    1591-1865 around 250 documented slave revolts in North America

  • Eleven states broke away to form the Confederate States of America

  • Linchon freed slaves through the Emancipation Proclamation

  • 13th amendment

    13th amendment

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