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Slavery in America was the legal institution of enslaving human beings, mainly Africans and African Americans. Slavery existed in the United States from its founding in 1776 and became...
- Started in 1619
The arrival of the enslaved Africans in the New World marks...
- 5 Myths About Slavery
4. Myth #4: The Union went to war to end slavery. On the...
- 13th Amendment
Slavery in America Black Codes The year after the...
- 14th Amendment
In creating the Civil Rights Act of 1866, Congress was using...
- 40 Years a Slave
Slavery in America “During the isolation of being alone in...
- Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was an escaped enslaved woman who became a...
- Dred Scott Case
Who Was Dred Scott? Dred Scott was born into slavery around...
- Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of people, African...
- One of The Last Slave Ship Survivors Describes His Ordeal in a 1930S Interview
The Clotilda brought its captives to Alabama in 1860, just a...
- Reconstruction
Reconstruction (1865-1877), the turbulent era following the...
- Started in 1619
Though people of African descent — free and enslaved — were present in North America as early as the 1500s, the sale of the “20 and odd” African people set the course for what would become...
This article is about slavery from the founding of the United States in 1776. For the colonial period, see Slavery in the colonial history of the United States. For modern illegal slavery, see Human trafficking in the United States. For modern legal forced labor, see Penal labor in the United States.
During the period of slavery, free Blacks made up about one-tenth of the entire African American population. In 1860 there were almost 500,000 free African Americans—half in the South and half in the North. The free Black population originated with former indentured servants and their descendants.
Much of U.S. history, however, is contextualized by the system of slavery that was imposed on African Americans for 250 years—and how those born under that system and in its aftermath have crafted a culture deeply rooted in resilience and looking toward the future.
At least 12 million Africans were taken to the Americas as slaves between 1532 and 1832, and at least a third of them in British ships. Many slaves died on the journey to America, and those...
African American history began with slavery, as white European settlers first brought Africans to the continent to serve as enslaved workers. After the Civil War, the...
