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Slavery
Abolitionism
From the later 18th century onward , opponents of slavery became more vocal and organized
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The so-called Underground Railroad refers to a system of helpers and stops on the way north that sought to help runaway slaves. After the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, the only safe destination would have been Canada
The Civil War (1861-1865) terminates the antebellum period in the United States. Among other reasons, the controversy over slavery divided northern and southern states. In April 1861, several southern states seceded from the US to form a confederacy of their own --> the remaining states (the "Union") fought the Confederacy in order to uphold the Constitution and the political union of the United States.
Slavery was abolished in the United States of America by the 13th Amendment, which was passed and ratified in 1865
The "Emancipation Proclamation" (January 1, 1863) by President Lincoln preceded the 13th Amendment but only liberated slaves in the confederate states that had seceded from the Union – which means, those states that Lincoln did not control. It was therefore mostly a symbolic action.
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General information
Slavery is not an era like the others, it took place during the other eras in the background
The first African slaves were brought to the British colonies in 1619, only 12 years after the first permanent settlement was established by English colonists in Jamestown —> the history of slavery in British North America therefore nearly coincides with the history of English colonization
First the status of slaves in the British colonies was somehow comparable to that of indentured servants —> in the long run black labor turned out to be more lucrative
By 1700 slavery had been defined as lifelong and inheritable condition that depended on African descent
The racist dimension of slavery distinguished slavery in the Americas from previously known forms of slavery
From the late 17th and early 18th centuries onward, so-called slave codes were passed to control the growing slave population
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Slave Narratives
They were autobiographical, 1st person narratives which were based on the experience of slavery
Slave narratives were written or dictated by ex-slaves who gave accounts of the cruelty of slavery, thereby attempting to convince readers of the evils of the "peculiar institution."
First slave narratives were published in the late 18th century —> by the 1830s the genre had become a mass phenomenon due to the rise of abolitionism in the Northern states
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