Slavery in America
European explorers first enslaved individuals and groups native to the American continent during the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries in a drive for the accumulation of ...
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"Servants and Slaves in Virginia," an Excerpt from the History and Present State of Virginia by Robert Beverley
"Servants and Slaves in Virginia," an excerpt from The Histo...
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Slavery, Free Blacks, and Native Americans
During the early American period of 1783 to 1815, only white adult men enjoyed the full range of privileges of citizenship that almost all U.S. citizens take...
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More slaves came to America from Africa than anywhere else. The first slaves were in New York; the Africans came to the new world in 1530. Most African slaves did not know when or if freedom woul...
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The antebellum era in the South was a time of slavery, prejudice, and scandal. In the South, the majority of the population was African American people who were subjugated because of the color of ...
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Slavery in America
"Servants and Slaves in Virginia," an Excerpt from the History and Present State of Virginia by Robert Beverley
Slavery, Free Blacks, and Native Americans
