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Apr 25, 2024 · Slavery existed in the United States from its founding in 1776 and became the main cause behind the country's bloody Civil War.
May 30, 2012 · In 1619, the Dutch introduced the first captured Africans to America, planting the seeds of a slavery system that evolved into a nightmare of abuse and cruelty that would ultimately divide the...
Oct 14, 2009 · African American history began with slavery, as white European settlers first brought Africans to the continent to serve as enslaved workers.
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Feb 24, 2017 · Historians and experts examine the American system of racialized slavery and the hypocrisy it relied on to function.
Oct 27, 2009 · The abolitionist movement was the effort to end slavery, led by famous abolitionists like Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth and John Brown.
In 1619, the Dutch introduced the first captured Africans to America, planting the seeds of a slavery system that evolved into a nightmare of abuse and cruelty that would ultimately divide the...
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From slavery and its abolition to the Great Migration, the civil rights movement and military, scientific, cultural and political achievements, explore key moments, milestones and figures in...
