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Thesis
Even though Aberham Linclon owned slaves, the realization of what slavery truly was and the need for support against slavery amde his veiw on slavery negative and against it. -
Slavery Begins in America
The first slaves were imported to jamestown, Virginia. White colonists required help from slaves to farm profitable crops like tobacco. -
South Carolinan Slavery
Slaves in South Carolina were subjected to extreme labor under harsh environments, while contesting with long work hours and cruel punishments. Many of the slaves in South Carolina died due to the neglect of their master, which stemmed from low slave prices. -
Revolutionary War
During the revolution came great changes for slaves. Both the Patriots and the British offered slaves freedom if they chose to fight for them. After the war had ended slavery became the forefront of attention. -
3/5 Compromise
because of population disputs involving enslaved men, the house of representitives passed this act to compromise with the pro and antislave states. It stated that each slave would be counted as 3/5 of a man in the sensus. -
Dred Scott Decision
This was a suppreme court case when a slave was brought into a free state. He then claimed that he was free, however the Supreme Court ruled that he could not sue for his freedome because he was not a us citizen. He stayed a slave. -
Fugitive salve act
This act state that all ascaped slaves were, once caught that they would be returned to their ownes. Many abolishinists called this the bloodhound act because bloodhounds were often used to track down runaway slaves. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Document from Abraham Lincoln stating that all the slaves in the confederate states are set free. -
14th Amendemnt
An amendment to the constitution after the civil war that stated every person born in the US is a citezen, even the formor slaves and that no state could make a law that contradicts it.
