Slave boats

slaves in america

By maria and friends
  • slaves were being taken from thier home land

    slaves were being taken from thier home land

    in 1619Jamestown exportes the first 20 slaves
  • runaway slaves get no food

    runaway slaves get no food

    new netherland law forbids citizens to feed runaway slaves
  • massachusetts,connecticut ,and new haven get in to slavery

    massachusetts,connecticut ,and new haven get in to slavery

    Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Haven adapt to a fugitive slave law
  • blacks own blacks

    blacks own blacks

    law is passed that free africans can own slaves

  • mary land passes a fugitive slave law

  • 3/5 Compromise

    3/5 Compromise

    the congress men couldent deside weather or not to count slaves as part of the population and the came up with the 3/5 compermise so only 3 out of5 slaves are counted as a actual part of the population
  • Missouri compromise

    Missouri compromise

  • Slave Act of 1850

    Slave Act of 1850

    This law was passed by congress on semptember 18 of 1850. This was one of the most feared laws in 1850. It declared that all runaway slaves were to be captured and returned to their masters. Many people disagreed they were called abolitionist.
  • Slavery before the civil war

    Slavery before the civil war