Freedom For Slaves By Lauren Nguyen Mr. Mulacek’s 2015-2016 How did slavery affect America? • Slavery had began in the 1800s and practically shaped America. • Slavery transformed America into an economic power. • Had caused this to make a negative place in history • Gave the us free labor laws. www.history.org How did slavery effect America? • Slavery had help develop the Underground Railroad, which several people were recognized for helping them. • Before the civil war, the United States was transforming into a tobacco and manufacturing country. • The civil war was to preserve the union not a struggle to free the slaves. www.infoplease.com *Who helped with the Underground Railroad? • Harriet Tubman, Fredrick Douglas, Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown, and Henry David Thoreau were all helpful for slaves to escape for freedom. • Harriet Tubman and Fredrick Douglas were the 2 well known volunteers to help slaves escape to the South. http://www.history.com/topi cs/black- history/underground-railroad www.history.com What amendment helped end slavery? • The 13th amendment had made slavery extinct, but this had only happened with Abraham Lincoln’s help. • To guarantee the legality and perpetuity of slavery in the slave states, rather than to end it, Abraham Lincoln had chosen to make it the 13th amendment. www.infoplease.com *Where were the slaves states? • The slaves states were located in Delaware, Maryland, district of Columbia, Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Florida. • Virginia was the first slave state in the US. • The slave states had not began till 1808. Who had helped slaves throughout history? • Harriet Tubman and Fredrick Douglas were on of the most common people in the Underground railroad. • They had helped hundreds slaves escape to help them be free and feel safe. Harriet Tubman • Harriet Tubman was an African- American abolitionist, humanitarian, and, during the American Civil War, a Union spy. • Harriet had escaped slavery to become a leading abolitionist to help other African – Americans. • She had successfully escaped in 1890 and help save thousands of slaves. Fredrick Douglass • Frederick Douglass was an African- American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, statesman, and former slave. • Was one of the first African – American to hold a high U.S. government rank. • He had escaped slavery to marry the love of his life, Anna Murray. • Douglass was one of the few make supporter to fight for women's rights. Why did Lincoln want to end slavery? • Since the Emancipation Proclamation only freed some of the slaves, Lincoln did not think it was fair and decided to make the 13th amendment and free all of the slaves. Where were most slaves kept? • 90% of slaves were imported into Caribbean and South America and 6% were imported to the US. • Since the slave trade was invented, slaves were kept all over the place. Slave Trade • English transported 1,900,000 slaves to their colonies in the Caribbean from 1651 to 1807 when they finally abolished the slave trade. The French, whose trade lasted between 1664 and 1830, shipped about 1,650,000 to their colonies. how many African slaves were taken from Africa to Cuba to be sold? • in 1817, a treaty was made between Britain and Spain banning the sale of slaves in any Spanish colonies. Over a two year period, 25,000 slaves were taken to Cuba to be sold to other slave owners throughout the world. How did slavery start? • Slavery began when the first set of slaves had arrived to the US in 1619 for a tobacco and cotton production. How many slaves had escaped? • About 100,00 slaves had escaped from the underground Railroad in the 1800-1895. • The slaves had gotten help from Harriet Tubman and took several different routes. *Plantations Plantations were owned by slave owners, slave owners were usually very wealthy. The slaves would work on a plantation picking cotton and tobacco. People measured there wealth by the number of slaves they had controlled. The South’s people pg 402 cpt. Plantations Life Under Slavery Slaves would work hard for nothing, they got no pay, barley fed, and were filled with misery. They worked very hard for no pay, and very little hopes. The only thing that most slaves didn’t now they were slaves. Enslaved people would rarely eat, but they would eat cornmeal, pork fat, and molasses. https://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=Jc1RbUxQv4E Cpt: The South’s People pg. 403 sect: life under slavery.