An Overview of Slavery and Abolitionism until 1848
During the 350 year (1519 - 1867) Atlantic slave trade, 12 million people left Africa and 10.5 million survived the "middle passage" to the New World.
| Destination | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Portuguese America (Brazil) | 38.5% |
| British America (minus North America) | 18.4% |
| Spanish Empire | 17.5% |
| French Americas (Haiti) | 13.6% |
| British North America / US | 6.5% |
| English Americas | 3.3% |
| Dutch West Indies | 2.0% |
| Danish West Indies | 0.3% |
Slaves in Virginia - the largest slaveholding colony / state:
1. 1650 = 300
2. 1700 = 13,000 - 17% of the population
3. 1750 = 150,000 - 40% of the population
4. 1770 = 187,000 - 41%
5. 1860 = 1,596,000 - 31% of the population
1. Colonial Slavery & Abolitionism
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| Slave population in 1770. |
2. Slavery and the U.S. Constitution (1789) (text)
A. The 3/5ths clause
B. The Fugitive Slave clause
C. The Slave Trade Clause
3. Slavery in the Early Republic
A. The Founders Views on Slavery "a necessary evil"
B. Beginnings of Emancipation in the North
C. The Invention of the Cotton Gin (1794)
D. Closing the Atlantic Slave Trade to the U.S. (January 1, 1808)
4. The Haitian Revolution (1791 - 1804)
5. Nullification & The Kentucky Resolution (1798 - 1799)
6. The American Colonization Society, 1816
Migrations: Liberia (13,000+ by 1867) & Haiti (6,000+)
7. The Missouri Compromise (1820).
8. The Nat Turner Rebellion (1831) and new slave codes.
9. Immediate Grassroots Abolitionism (from 1831 on)
10. The Nullification Crisis (1828 - 1833)
11. The Charleston, S.C. antislavery mail crisis (1835)
12. The Congressional Gag Rule (1836 - 1842)
13. John C. Calhoun "Slavery a Positive Good" (Feb. 6, 1837) (text)
and William Joseph Harper "Memoir on Slavery"
14. The "Second Middle Passage"
15. Growth in Cotton Production to 1860
16. Growth in the Total Value of Slaves to 1860
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