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The Long Journey to Freedom
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First Slaves Arrive
the exact date is not known but sometime in 1619 the first slaves were brought to Jamestown, Virginia. At first they were treated as indentured slaves, but eventually they were treated as slaves.
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(Diagram of a Slave Ship, straightfromthea.com) -
Taking Action
The Quakers, a religious group, took actions against slavery in the 1600s. The Quakers were one of the first groups to stand out against slavery in the United States.
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(Anti-slavery Society, spartacus.shoolnet.co.uk) -
Early Resistance
The Cato Conspiracy was one of the earliest revolts. This revolt made slave owners very scared that there would be other revolts against them.
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(1619-1741: Slavery and Slave Rebellionin the US, libcom.org) -
The start of the Underground Railroad
The first record of the Underground Railroad was around 1770 when a slave escaped and his owner mumbled that "he must have escaped on an underground road."
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(Underground Railroad Map, americancivilwar.com) -
The Fist State Abolishes Slavery
The first Northern state abolished slavery in the late 1700s. Many other states followed after it. The northern states wanted to get rid of slavery but the south did not.
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(The first State Abolishes slavery, dipity.com) -
The free North
In 1804 the last northern state had ended slavery. This meant the United States was half free states and half slave states.
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(Last Origional State Abolishes Slavery, pps.k12.or.us) -
End of the Slave Trade
The slave trade was ended making it illegal to import slaves from Africa.
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(Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, unescoeducation.blogspot.com) -
Canada becomes free
Canada became a free country sometime in1812 making it a safe place for escaping slaves.
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(The Anti-Slavery Movement in Canada, collectionscanada.gc.ca) -
The Expantion of the Underground Railroad
The Underground railroad was starting to be used more often because there were more people involved.
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(The Underground Railroad, 365southchicago.com) -
The Most Famous Conductor
Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in 1821, to one day be the greatest conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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(Harriet Ross Tubman, africanwithin.com) -
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad adopted its name around 1830.
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(The Underground Railroad Webquest, tntwebs.com) -
Fighting Back
Nat Turner led a revolt on slave owners in Virgina. this made slave owners free for their safety.
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(Nat Turner, xroads.virgina.edu) -
Fugitive Slave Law
The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850mstated that escaped slaves could be taken back to the south even if they had found freedom in the North.
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(The Fugitive Slave Law, library.syr.edu) -
Decresing the Underground Railroad's Use
The Underground Railroad was most active from 1820 to the early 1860s.
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(American Civil War Solider, soliderstudies.org) -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln declared all slaves in the United States were free.
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(Emancipation Proclamation, archives.gov) -
The End of the Underground Railroad
When the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 the Underground Railroad was ended because it was no longer needed when all slaves were free.
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(What is the Underground Railroad?, nps.org) -
An Underground Railroad Hero
Harriet Tubman died as a hero in 1913 after helping more than three hundred slaves escape from slavery in her career as a conductor.
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(Harriet Tubman, freemaninstitute.com)
