Slavery and the Slave Trade (A-F)
Slavery and the Slave Trade (A-F)
Abolition of Slave-Trade Laws: After eighteen years,
Parliament changed the slave-trade laws
"Accursed Traffic in
Human Souls" - Frederick Douglass: Abolitionist's description of
American slavery
Africa: Before European slavers (including audio/video
clips)
American Slavery: Human spirit prevails -
("Slaveholders severely circumscribed the lives of enslaved people, but they
never fully defined them.")
American Slaves: By 1859 - about 4 million people were
enslaved
American Slave Voices: Narratives told by the slaves
themselves
Anti-Slavery Poems: Moving words by British
abolitionists
Anti-Slavery Speech: Wilberforce's famous speech to
Parliament
Auctions of Slaves: Pictures from American
archives
Banneker, Benjamin: "Powers of the mind are
disconnected with the colour of the skin..."
Barracoon: Detention enclosure for kidnapped and
captured people
Bill of Sale: Slaves were considered property, bought and sold with bills of
sale
Binstead, C. Henry - Diary: First-hand account by
British Naval officer finding illegal slaves aboard ships
Blair, Tony - Apology for Slave Trading: Prime Minister
expresses Britain's sorrow for the slave trade
Branding for Helping Slaves: People who helped escaped
slaves could be punished by "branding"
Captured Slaves: Returned to bondage, even after
escaping North
Chattel Slavery: American form of slavery - (see fourth
paragraph)
Child’s Anti-Slavery Book: Intended to help children see the evils of
slavery - (see fifth paragraph, to end, for actual illustrations)
Child Slaves in America: Education prohibited
Child Slaves in America: Lack of proper
clothing
Child Slaves in America: Separated from their
mothers
Education, Lack of: First-person examples of keeping
slaves uneducated
Emancipation - Effects: Initial impact of emancipation
on slaves
Escape Efforts: Even on the underground railroad,
escaping was very risky
Escape on the Underground Railroad: How did it
work?
Families Split: Impact on individuals when family
members were sold and split-up
Forced Labor: USSR and the Soviet Bloc impress people
to essentially work as slaves
Franklin, Benjamin - Comment on Slavery: "Slavery is
such an atrocious debasement of human nature"
Fugitive Slave Law - 1793: America had early fugitive
slave laws
Fugitive Slave Law - 1850: An extremely punitive
law
Fugitive Slave Laws: Punitive impact on slaves AND
abolitionists
