Slavery in the 1800

  • Early 1800's

    Early 1800's
    I"n the early 1800's the American law didn't support any enslaved families. They were able to be sold at any time to any other slaveholder. Also a death penalty cpuld be used to tear apart an enslaved family."
  • Outlaw

    Outlaw
    "y this time the Congress had already outcasted any slave trade, although the slavery still maintained valid in the south. But no new slaves were capable of entering the United States."
  • Francis Cabot Lowell

    Francis Cabot Lowell
    Francis Cabot Lowell, created succesfully the Boston Manufacturing Company, which was one of the the first factories built in Massachussetts. He usually had more female workers working for him, he had more women working for him because it was cheaper.
  • Slavery in the West

    Slavery in the West
    In the Missouri Territory about 10,000 people were slaves. In this time eleven states permitted slavery.
  • Missouri Comromise

    Missouri Comromise
    The Missouri compromise was an imaginery line that they made to determine wether whcich state was a slavery or non-slavery place.
  • Revolution

    Revolution
    Mexico outlawed slavery
  • Nat Turner

    Nat Turner
    Nat Turner was a religious leader who led slaves to a two day rebellion. Afterwards he was hanged but his rebellion had effects. The rebellion scared white people and created more precise slave codes
  • 1830-1860

    1830-1860
    Throughout this time slaves already had a few rights. Although life as a slave became even more harder. Slave code were the laws in the south that managed enslaved people which became more precise.
  • Compromise

    Compromise
    Slaves were whipped if they didnt listren to their owners
  • California Compromise

    California Compromise
    California was going to enter as a free state (slavery)
    "Northern congressmen made a worse fleeting transitoryf slave act."
  • Slavery

    Slavery
    By this year span most of the enslaved humans were already born in the South.
  • Slavery

    Slavery
    Slaves were being auctioned. Many of the families were seperated. They were seperated because some buyers couldn't afford all of them. In the auctioning the slaves were touched by the buyers to see the condition they were in.