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	EH.Net Encyclopedia: Slavery in the United States
		In most states, the criminal law for slaves (and fls generally) was noticeably harsher than for free whites; in others, slave law as practiced resembled that governing poorer white citizens.
		Slavery remained a thriving business on the eve of the Civil War: Fogel and Engerman (1974) projected that by 1890 slave prices would have increased on average more than 50 percent over their 1860 levels.
		Slavery might well have profited masters, but only because they exploited their chattel.
	eh.net /encyclopedia/article/wahl.slavery.us (7148 words)

	Slavery in the United States
		These States were forgetful of or indifferent to the pledges they had made through their delegates in the face of the world by their concurrence in the Declaration of Independence, and seemed fully determined to maintain not only the slave system of labor, but the nefarious slave-trade.
		By a provision of the national Constitution the foreign slave-trade in the United States was abolished, and Congress declared it to be " piracy." Encouraged by the practical sympathy of the national government, the friends of the slave-labor system formed plans for its perpetuity, which practically disregarded the plain requirements of the fundamental law.
		The late JOHN SLIDELL, of Louisiana, urged in the United States Senate the propriety of withdrawing American cruisers from the coasts of Africa, that the slave-trade might not be interfered with by them.
	www.sonofthesouth.net /slavery/slavery-us-constitution.htm (2021 words)

	United States History - Slavery and Sectionalism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In some seaboard areas, slavery by 1850 was well over 200 years old; it was an integral part of the basic economy of the region.
		Slavery was inherently a system of brutality and coercion in which beatings and the breakup of families through the sale of individuals were commonplace.
		In the end, however, the most trenchant criticism of slavery was not the behavior of individual masters and overseers toward the slaves, but slavery's fundamental violation of every human being's inalienable right to be free.
	countrystudies.us /united-states/history-58.htm (497 words)

	Abolition of slavery in the United States
		The slave trade was abolished in the United States from 1 January 1808.
		Whilst slavery was gradually reduced in the northern states, the determination of the southern states to oppose emancipation led to the Civil War of 1861 - 65.
		Slavery was abolished in British Caribbean colonies from 1834, though slaves were forced to undertake a further 4 year period of apprenticeship before they were finally freed.
	www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk /maritime/slavery/abolition_americas.asp (474 words)

	Slavery in the United States - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Slavery in the United States, the institution of slavery as it existed in the United States from the early 17th century until 1865.
		Slavery, social institution defined by law and custom as the most absolute involuntary form of human servitude.
		States of the United States : pictures of states : Illinois: Slavery in Illinois
	encarta.msn.com /Slavery_in_the_United_States.html (185 words)

	Timeline: The United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Eventually, Missouri is admitted as a slave state, balanced by the admission of Maine as a free state.
		In Philadelphia, a parade commemorating the abolition of slavery in the British West Indies is attacked by a proslavery mob.
		Slavery abolished in the U.S. by the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
	amistad.mysticseaport.org /timeline/united.states.html (1956 words)

	Slavery In The Civil War Era
		Slavery could be abolished more easily in the North because there were far fewer slaves in those states, and they were not a vital part of Northern economies.
		Although slavery was at the heart of the sectional impasse between North and South in 1860, it was not the singular cause of the Civil War.
		Slavery was dying, yet those with the most to lose hung on tenaciously to their human property, thereby withholding the one remaining resource that might have saved their nation--and them.
	www.civilwarhome.com /slavery.htm (11017 words)

	United States History - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The three–fifths rule, the constitutional promise not to halt the international slave trade until 1808, and the banning of slavery in the Northwest Territory were all attempts to avoid confronting differences between the North and South.
		Some Northerners thought Southerners would recognize the inefficiency of slavery and end it voluntarily—a hope that was dashed by the cotton boom and the South’s recommitment to slavery.
		The slave trade (but not slavery) was banned in the District of Columbia, and a stronger fugitive slave law went into effect.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_1741500823_16/united_states_(history).html (1708 words)

	Slavery [Article] - World Book Online Reference Center (American English)
		Slavery flourished in the South, where large plantations grew cotton, tobacco, and other crops.
		But slavery was less profitable in the North, where economic activity centered on small farms and industries.
		For more information on the history of slavery in the United States, see African Americans (The years of slavery); United States, History of the (Expansion) (The irrepressible conflict).
	www.esu7.org /~sgsweb/HistoryOfSlavery.html (1204 words)

	Healing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Too little time has passed since legalized segregation ended in the United States for there not to be even the smallest acknowledgment from the "powers that be" of the extended humiliation which slavery wrought on a significant portion of the U.S. population.
		Though it may seem that slavery was long ago, the aforementioned article makes the point that when the 20th century began, most adult African-Americans were former slaves and the continuance of segregated conditions for most fls made the connection between past and present quite short.
		Still, it seems that the memory of slavery and segregation for fls in The United States has become so painful and bitter that forgetting and "moving past" this historical fact is easier for most Americans and their leaders to do.
	www.slaverymuseum.com /html/body_healing.html (491 words)

	United States History - Extension of Slavery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Slavery, which had up to now received little public attention, began to assume much greater importance as a national issue.
		In the early years of the republic, when the Northern states were providing for immediate or gradual emancipation of the slaves, many leaders had supposed that slavery would die out.
		In 1818, when Illinois was admitted to the Union, 10 states permitted slavery and 11 states prohibited it; but balance was restored after Alabama was admitted as a slave state.
	countrystudies.us /united-states/history-47.htm (559 words)

	The End of Slavery in the United States of America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Thirteenth Amendment, which ends slavery in all of the United States of America, is ratified.
		This page is not intended to serve as a justification of slavery, but only to point out that slavery was not the cause or justfication of the most bloody war in all of American history.
		Every congressional district in the United States of America is represented in the national legislature by two Senators and one Representative (in the House of Representatives).
	www.rexrobards.com /redtika.html (849 words)

	Selected Statistics
		Slavery was profitable, although a large part of the profit was in the increased value of the slaves themselves.
		In the Middle South (VA, NC, TN, AR -- those states that seceded only after Fort Sumter was fired on) the percentage is around 25.3%, and the total for the two combined regions -- which is what most folks think of as the Confederacy -- is 30.8%.
		In the Border States (DE, MD, KY, MO -- those slave states that did not secede) the percentage of slave-ownership was 15.9%, and the total throughout the slave states was almost exactly 26%.
	members.aol.com /jfepperson/stat.html (470 words)

	Slavery in the United States
		And be it further enacted, That the Circuit Courts of the United States shall from time to time enlarge the number of the commissioners, with a view to afford reasonable facilities to reclaim fugitives from labor, and to the prompt discharge of the duties imposed by this act.
		Writs of error, and appeals from the final decisions of said Supreme Court, shall be allowed, and may be taken to the Supreme Court of the United States, in the same manner and under the same regulations as from the circuit courts of the United s.
		The said salaries shall be paid quarter-yearly, from the dates of the respective appointments, at the Treasury of the United States; but no such payment shall be made until said officers shall have entered upon the duties of their respective appointments.
	userwww.sfsu.edu /~gennaro/slavery_in_the_united_states.htm (4568 words)

	Amistad case -- The law of slavery, circa 1841 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		During the American colonial period, slavery was legal and practiced in all the commercial nations of Europe.
		The practice of trading in and using African slaves was introduced to the United States by the colonial powers, and when the American colonies received their common law from the United Kingdom, the legality of slavery was part of that law.
		Many states took steps to abolish slavery within their borders even before the formation of the federal government, and several states even routinely emancipated slaves who came within their borders.
	www.law.cornell.edu /background/amistad/slavery.html (188 words)

	Charles Ball. "Slavery in the United States: A Narratives of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, a Black Man ..." (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The author states, in a private communication, that many of the anecdotes in the book illustrative of southern society were not obtained from Ball, but from other and creditable sources; he avers, however, that all the facts which relate personally to the fugitive, were received from his own lips.
		The sons and daughters of the family are gentlemen and ladies by birthright--and were the former to be seen at the plough, or the latter at the churn, or the wash tub, the honour of the family would be stained, and the dignity of the house degraded.
		The general features of slavery are the same everywhere; but the utmost rigour of the system is only to be met with on the cotton plantations of Carolina and Georgia, or in the rice fields which skirt the deep swamps and morasses of the southern rivers.
	docsouth.unc.edu /ballslavery/ball.html (18311 words)

	Common-place: The Common School: The Lion's Den
		Unlike slavery elsewhere, slavery in the United States had no institutions, such as the church or government, to either oppose the slave owners, or to control slavery for the benefit of the slaves.
		The result of the closed system of slavery in the United States was to destroy the personality of the slave; that is, to reduce his behavior to that of a child.
		Since these awful consequences did not exist in slavery elsewhere, the conclusion is inescapable that it was the unchecked and complete power of the slave owners, the closed nature of the system in the United States, which led to the childlike, passive personality.
	www.historycooperative.org /journals/cp/vol-01/no-04/school/elkins.shtml (1337 words)

	WebQuests \| Slavery In The United States: Introduction
		Slavery developed differently in the United States compared to other places in the world.
		To help you and your fellow students better understand these issues, you will be exploring the topic of slavery in the United States from various perspectives.
		A cooperative effort coordinated by Educational Service Units (7, 16, & 18) and featuring the efforts of teachers from 15 school districts throughout the state.
	sites.lps.org /wq33 (185 words)

	Slavery
		Through the development of African chattel slavery in the United States economy the country developed a sense of race and racism.
		Slavery in the past was both cruel and violent, but in the New World slavery took on the aspect of race, defined by the color of ones skin.
		Thirteenth Amendment, slavery is abolished in the United States.
	userwww.sfsu.edu /~rhernand/slavery.htm (481 words)

	Slavery in America
		Targeting both the fl reading population and the opinion of whites in the United States and beyond, the antebellum fl press presented a fl perspective on current events, including topics such as civil rights for fls, integration vs. segregation or separatism, women's rights, and temperance.
		Slavery and Native Americans in British North America and the United States: 1600 to 1865:
		The existence of New York slavery was evidenced by the uncovering of the African Burial Ground found in lower Manhattan.
	www.slaveryinamerica.org /history/hs_essays.htm (1027 words)

	Slavery in the United States
		In October 2003, authorities uncovered a case of slavery in Cape Coral, Florida involving a twelve year-old Guatemalan girl who was sold by her parents and smuggled into the U.S, where she cooked, cleaned, and worked as a sex slave.
		The CIW was able to free 1,000 workers by forcing an increase in wages and rewriting the terms of slavery in Yum!’s supplier code of conduct.
		Over 200 other cases of slavery are said to have been reported in New England in the past four years.
	www.iabolish.com /slavery_today/usa/states.html (3429 words)

	Charles Ball Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, a Black Man, Who ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Charles Ball Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, a Black Man, Who Lived Forty Years in Maryland, South Carolina and Georgia, as a Slave Under Various Masters, and was One Year in the Navy with Commodore Barney, During the Late War.
		Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, a Black Man, Who Lived Forty Years in Maryland, South Carolina and Georgia, as a Slave Under Various Masters, and was One Year in the Navy with Commodore Barney, During the Late War.
		North Carolina State Library provided the text for the electronic publication of this title.
	docsouth.unc.edu /ballslavery/menu.html (215 words)

	US History Live! - Week 4: Slavery in the United States
		The South defended slavery to a considerable extent, because it was the only brace that held up their economy.
		The issue of slavery exacerbated the tensions between the North and South during the 19th century.
		Four actions involving the government highlight the economic, political and social forces that were converging on the United States over this issue: The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, The Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Dred Scott decision, and John Brown’s Raid at Harper’s Ferry.
	www.sitesalive.com /tg/hl/private/hs/hstghlwk04.htm (1151 words)

	Slavery and the Making of America . For Teachers . Elementary School Lesson Plan 1 \| PBS
		Ask your students how many years it has been since slavery was abolished in the United States.
		Ask your students where, geographically, American slavery was concentrated in the years leading up to the Civil War.
		Ask your students to label as many of the states as they can, and use a colored pencil, crayon, or marker to color in the states where they think slavery existed in the years leading up to the Civil War.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/slavery/teachers/lesson1c.html (3079 words)

	Slavery
		Aimed at identifying and rescuing victims of human trafficking in the United States, with factsheets in English, Polish, Russian, Spanish and "Traditional" Chinese.
		An organization devoted to the abolition of contemporary forms of slavery, including debt bondage, false adoption (of children to work as domestic servants), servitude imposed by serfdom or caste, and domestic slavery.
		Webpage to the museum of slavery on Curacao, formerly a Dutch sugar colony.
	www.vancouver.wsu.edu /fac/peabody/slave.htm (1938 words)

	Amazon.ca: An Inquiry Into the Law of Negro Slavery in the United States of America: To Which is Prefixed, an ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Amazon.ca: An Inquiry Into the Law of Negro Slavery in the United States of America: To Which is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of Slavery: Books: Paul Finkelman,Thomas R. Cobb
		An Inquiry Into the Law of Negro Slavery in the United States of America: To Which is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of Slavery (Hardcover)
		United States - State & Local - General
	www.amazon.ca /Inquiry-Slavery-United-States-America/dp/0820321273 (284 words)

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