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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...
- 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
The legal institution of human chattel slavery, comprising the enslavement primarily of Africans and African Americans, was prevalent in the United States of America from its founding in 1776 until 1865, predominantly in the South. Slavery was established throughout European colonization in the Americas.
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...
Approximately 600,000 of 10 million African slaves made their way into the American colonies before the slave trade – not slavery – was banned by Congress in 1808.
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.
From inventing dry-cleaning to sugar refining to the first steamboat propeller, African Americans have been active contributors to the economic, political, and social legacies of the United States. 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 ...
After the Civil War, the racist legacy of slavery persisted, spurring movements of resistance. Learn important dates and facts about the African American experience.
