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20 african slaves were brought to the british colony
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around 7 millions black people were imported in the New World, in America
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slavery is maintained in the south, because it's necessary for the cotton plantations
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very big crisis for the economy, which doesn't help the slaves' situation and a lot of them tried to escape
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in Richmond, led by Gabriel Posser
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By 1860 it had reached nearly 4 million, with more than half living in the cotton-producing states of the South.
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in Charleston, led by Denmark Vesey
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led by Nat Turner, it was the most terrifying revolt
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Lincoln, after starting this proclamation in September 1862, he made an official annoucement that slavery is officially abolished in 1863.
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official abolition of the slavery
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"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States"