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1 day ago · 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).
6 days ago · Abolitionism, movement between about 1783 and 1888 that was chiefly responsible for creating the emotional climate necessary for ending the transatlantic slave trade and chattel slavery. Between the 16th and 19th centuries an estimated total of 12 million enslaved Africans were forcibly transported to the Americas.
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4 days ago · William Skidmore. Rice University. Citation: William Skidmore, review of Long Emancipation: The Demise of Slavery in the United States, (review no. 1892) DOI: 10.14296/RiH/2014/1892. Date accessed: 21 April, 2024. The ratification of the 13th Amendment in December 1865 marked the crowning achievement in the history of American abolitionism.
Apr 18, 2024 · Manisha Sinha’s The Slave’s Cause is a synthetic work that traces the long trajectory of the anti-slavery movement in the United States and places it into an international context. It provides a catalogue of antislavery figures, organizations, and publications and will likely serve as a valuable go-to reference work for years to come.
1 day ago · Abolitionism in the United States; American Descendants of Slavery (ADOS) Atlantic Creole; Bristol slave trade; Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; Emancipation Proclamation; Timeline of abolition of slavery and serfdom; Colonial history of the United States; Female slavery in the United States; Free negro; Grand Model for ...
Apr 12, 2024 · Research Guides. Slavery & Freedom. Abolition. Slavery & Freedom: Abolition. This guide is designed to highlight useful resources for research on the transatlantic slave trade, abolition, resistance by enslaved people, emancipation, free Black communities, the American Civil war, antebellum and postbellum America; 1470-mid 20th C.
