Slavery existed in the USA from the colonial period until 1865. The document outlines the history and structure of slavery, including the forced migration of Africans, the plantation economy's reliance on slave labor, and the oppression and denial of rights to enslaved people. Abolitionist movements opposed slavery and racial ideology, and the American Civil War from 1861-1865 ultimately led to the end of slavery and new laws protecting civil rights in 1865.
2. Structure
Meaning of slavery
Historical overview
Oppression of Afro-Americans
Abolitionism; Abolitionist movement
End of slavery (American Civil War)
3. Meaning of Slavery
Conflict between freedom and slavery in the
USA
Humans are seen as property of others
No fundamental rights
4.
5. Historical overview
Conflict between northern and southern states
Plantation economy
Upswing in the export of tobacco, cotton, rice and
cane sugar
Forced mass migration
Racial ideology
6. Stono uprising
“Negro Act”
absolute restriction of all rights; hardening of the
situation of the slave
19th century
Confederate states
Civil war between northern and southern states
1865 Act on the final abolition of slavery
8. Abolitionism; Abolitionist Movement
Society for Effecting the Abolition of Slavery
Movement against slavery and racialist
ideology
Later active for the Civil Rights Movement
9. End of Slavery
Civil war resulted in the liberation of the
slaves
1865 slavery prohibited by law in all areas in
the USA
1868 civil rights formally guaranteed