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1. teachingamericanhistory.org › document › an-accountAn Account of the Boston Tea Party | Teaching American History

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   2 days ago · Orchestrated by Sam Adams and the Sons of Liberty, the December 16 Tea Party destroyed 90,000 pounds of tea worth nearly £10,000. The following day, John Adams praised it in his diary as an act “so bold, so daring, so firm” that “it must have … important consequences.”. It did.

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   May 7, 2024 · The sale and ownership of slaves were common in New York City from its founding with the practice abolished statewide in 1827 (complete abolition was only achieved in 1841). Slave owners such as ...

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   How did abolitionism end slavery?

   • In the United States, abolitionism, the movement that sought to end slavery in the country, was active from the colonial era until the American Civil War, the end of which brought about the abolition of American slavery, except as punishment for a crime, through the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (ratified 1865).

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   When was slavery abolished in America?

   • The first federal act taken against slavery during the war occurred on 16 April 1862, when Lincoln signed the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, which abolished slavery in Washington, D.C. A few months later, on June 19, Congress banned slavery in all federal territories, fulfilling Lincoln's 1860 campaign promise.

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   When did slavery become a crime?

   • In 1807, Congress made the importation of slaves a crime, effective January 1, 1808, which was as soon as Article I, section 9 of the Constitution allowed. A small but dedicated group, under leaders such as William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass, agitated for abolition in the mid-19th century.

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   What did Thomas Paine say about slavery?

   • In 1774, the influential Fairfax Resolves called for an end to the "wicked, cruel and unnatural" Atlantic slave trade. Thomas Paine 's 1775 article "African Slavery in America" was one of the first to advocate abolishing slavery and freeing slaves.

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4. cnu.libguides.com › abolitionandslaveryPrimary Sources: American Women: Abolition & Slavery

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   4 days ago · ISBN: 0195331990. An Anthology of African-American Women's Historical Writings from Antebellum America to the Harlem Renaissance. Women and Slavery in America: A Documentary History (ebook) by Catherine M. Lewis; J. Richard Lewis (Editor) Call Number: Online - Ebook Central. ISBN: 9781610754774.

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   3 days ago · The college's chaplain and theology professor Beriah Green said that "his Thoughts and his paper (The Liberator) are worthy of the eye and the heart of every American.": 49 Green delivered in the college chapel in November and December 1832 four sermons supporting immediate abolition of slavery. These so offended the college's trustees, more ...

6. teachingamericanhistory.org › document › of-theOf the Servants and Slaves in Virginia | Teaching American ...

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   2 days ago · Robert Beverly (c. 1662–1722) was a prominent landowner and political figure. §50. Their servants they distinguish by the names of slaves for life, and servants for a time. Slaves are the negroes, and their posterity, following the condition of the mother, according to the maxim, partus sequitur ventrem. 1 They are called slaves, in respect ...

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   3 days ago · Farm Workers Suggest Alternatives to Lettuce (1971) In 1970, the United Farm Workers (UFW) launched the Salad Bowl Strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history. For many months, farm workers refused to work, picketed, and organized boycotts. Their action caused lettuce shipments to halt around the country.

8. teachingamericanhistory.org › document › envisioningEnvisioning an African American Regiment

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   3 days ago · In the spring of 1779, as the British invaded South Carolina, the Continental Congress acquiesced to the enlistment of African Americans. The government of South Carolina, however, blocked the plan. Laurens persisted, but became a prisoner of war when captured by the British in May 1780; then, upon his release at the end of the year, he ...