Slavery

Slave Trade

• Between 1525 and 1866 12.5 million Africans were shipped to the New World.

• 10.7 million survived the dreaded Middle Passage.

• They disembarked in North America, the Caribbean and South America.

• They were brought by English and French Traders.

• Slaves werebrought to work in lucrative cropssuch as tobacco

• Most of themworked in the plantations of the south.

• According to the constitution, they weresecond-rate human beings

• For representation purposes, a black slave wascounted as 3/5th of a white man

1787 : The 3/5th Compromise

The 13th 14th and 15th Amendments

• 1865 - The 13th Amendment officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery to this day.

• 1868 - The 14th Amendment citizenship to African Americans.

• 1870 -The 15TH Right to vote.

The American Civil War 1861 - 1865

Origins• The North was in favor of abolishing slavery• The South relied on slaves for most of its economy

opposed abolitionThe War• The war lasted only 5 years, but caused about 600,000

deaths in both campsThe Outcome• The war ended the debate over slavery that had

divided North and South since the drafting of the Constitution in 1787