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Slavery was one of the most controversial aspects of American history. It brought the country of the United States to the brink of collapse in the 1860s, and the after-effects can still be felt today. You can explore the history of slavery in America in this section.
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How the Emancipation Proclamation Worked
Here’s a question for your next trivia game: How many slaves did the Emancipation Proclamation free? Answer: Zero.
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How the Underground Railroad Worked
Harriet Tubman was known as "the Moses of her people" for her work on the Underground Railroad. How much do we really know about this secret system?
See more »Abolitionists
Abolitionist, in United States history, a person who urged the immediate freeing of the slaves regardless of the Constitution, laws, or property rights.
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Amistad Mutiny (also known as Amistad Case). In 1839 off the coast of Cuba, Africans held as slaves aboard the ship Amistad were led by a fellow captive named Cinqué in revolt against their Spanish captors.
See more »Crispus Attucks
Attucks, Crispus (1723?–1770), an American killed in the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770.
See more »Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation, in the American Civil War, an order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, freeing the slaves in states that were "in rebellion" against the United States.
See more »Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854, a federal law that stirred bitter controversy over slavery.
See more »Lecompton Constitution
Lecompton Constitution, a proposed constitution under which the Territory of Kansas would have entered the Union as a slave state.
See more »Levi Coffin
Coffin, Levi (1789-1877), a United States abolitionist. Coffin, a devout Quaker, was one of the best-known figures in the anti-slavery movement.
See more »Missouri Compromise
Missouri Compromise, an 1820 agreement that settled the slavery question for about 30 years.
See more »Nat Turner
Turner, Nat (1800–1831), the leader of a bloody slave uprising that took place in Virginia in 1831.
See more »Sectionalism and Slavery
Arguments over the issue of slavery developed in Congress after Missouri, part of the Louisiana Purchase area, applied in 1818 for admission as a state.
See more »Slavery
Slavery, a system under which an individual is held as the property of another to be used or disposed of at the will of the owner, or master.
See more »Underground Railroad Information
Underground Railroad, a name applied to an informal network that aided runaway slaves from the South before the Civil War.
See more »Wilmot Proviso
Wilmot Proviso, a proposed restriction on the extension of slavery in territory obtained by the United States through the Mexican War.
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