- Purpose of this trade was to expand southern economy
- Expand plantations as well
- First stop was from Africa to Britain
- Then to Americas
- The slaves were packed very tightly that many would get disease and die
Plantation Life- Slaves worked for their masters all day for the rest of their life
- They had no right to own property
- The next generation of Africans became slaves
- People were not of the same tribes
- This was so no one could communicate with each other
- Provided safety to the owners that no rebellion would occur
- Many families feared and were separated the day after new years day
- The next generation of Africans became slaves
- People were not of the same tribes
- This was so no one could communicate with each other
- Provided safety to the owners that no rebellion would occur
- Many families feared and were separated the day after new years day
Abolition Movement- Creation of the underground railroad
- This passage way enabled slaves to run away from the south to the north
- Major contributions to the civil war
- North made antislavery literature, agents, and petitions demanding that Congress end all federal support for slavery
- North made antislavery literature, agents, and petitions demanding that Congress end all federal support for slavery
-Protesters who used non violence such as Harriet Beecher Stowe and the book Uncle Tom's Cabin
Fugitive Slave Act/ Law- This law prevented slaves from being completely free in the north
- If found they were to be sent back to the south to their owners
- This was a harsh law because if caught and returned you would get whipped or killed
- Part of the compromise of 1850
- where southern states had some northern states in control
Harriet Jacobs
- escaped from slavery
- became an abolitionist
- writer of the incidents in the life of a slave girl
- was born in Edenton, North Carolina 1813
- never knew she was a slave until her mother died
- When she moved with her grandmother her mistress taught her to read and sew
- If found they were to be sent back to the south to their owners
- This was a harsh law because if caught and returned you would get whipped or killed
- Part of the compromise of 1850
- where southern states had some northern states in control
Harriet Jacobs- escaped from slavery
- became an abolitionist
- writer of the incidents in the life of a slave girl
- was born in Edenton, North Carolina 1813
- never knew she was a slave until her mother died
- When she moved with her grandmother her mistress taught her to read and sew
- she was a privileged slave who practically never had kids
-she had two kids to a white person in order for her owner not to rape her
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