slavery_growth


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Student Questions -

When did slavery start in America? Why did slavery stay a part of tradition when the colonists came to America? Why did they only use African Americans not Native Americans and Indians? Why did they go with them to America?  What was the middle passage like? How did the slave trade work between Africa and America? Shouldn't the Constitution have outlawed slavery since America is the “Land of the Free"?

http://www.africanaonline.com/slavery_colonial_era.htm This explains the growth of slavery in the US and how it changed us.
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http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/geography/slavery_us_1860.jpg This is a pic showing how many slave states and free states that were in the US in the time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NolzEpUStak This is a video explaning slavery in the US

http://www.ushistory.org/us/6c.asp This is an great source for slavery in the US

http://cghs.dadeschools.net/slavery/antebellum_slavery/economics/development.htm A brief summary of slavery growing in the US

http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/history/overview.htm This is a brief overview of slavery in America.

http://www.gale.cengage.com/pdf/facts/Slavery.pdf This is a collection of resources about slavery.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080516102907AAlZGdu This answers the third question.

Slavery started in the US when a Dutch ship brought 20 enslaved Africans to the Virginian colony of Jamestown in 1619. The Indian Slave Trade only lasted until 1730. They only used Africans because they thought that the Indians had better chances of running away with they help of free Indians. The Middle Passage refers to the middle part of a 3 part voyage that began and ended in Europe. The first leg would be a ship that carried cargo such as firearms, gunpowder, iron cloth and brandy. Those goods would then be exchanged for slaves to be taken to America. Slaves would then be branded and shackled. The captain tried to keep as many slaves alive as possible, but the mortality rate on the Middle Passage were high. They were captured from their homes in Africa and had no choice but to come with them to America.

[|Indian Slavery] This link explains the Indian Slave trade and why they used Africans instead of Indians.

[|The Middle Passage] This webpage describes the Middle Passage, the middle leg of a three leg voyage to bring slaves to America. It describes the conditions that the slaves were living in for up to a year during their journey to America and what the meaning of the term "Middle Passage" is.

[|Middle Passage Picture] This picture shows the horrible conditions that the slaves had to live in for sometimes up to a year on their journey to America.

http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=583&display_order=8&sub_display_order=23&mini_id=1071 This is a timeline of slavery in America. It starts in 1619, when the first slaves were transported what became the United States and ends in 1865 when the 13th Amendment was added.

http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/slavery/a/middlepassage.htm This is an essay about the Middle Passage from Jessica McElrath, a African-American History scholar. It establishes the context for the slave trade. It also describes the trip and the horrible conditions. The Middle Passage is the forcible removal of slaves from Africa.

This is a picture that shows the crowded, terrible conditions of a slave ship.

http://www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?articleId=222491 Here is a good website from the History Channel.

http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/history/hs_es_cotton.htm This website is a companion to The SLavery and the Making of America. This page has three good graphs that will help you get a good understanding of how the cotton gin helped th grwoth of slavery. Also on the homepage there are many images that would be good to look at.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3narr6.html Here is a website from PBS talking about how the cotton gin and the cotton press revolutionized the slavery industry.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081116135455AAUQN6D This answers the last question. [|Growth of Slavery in the US] This page describes how slavery expanded in America.

http://www.ushistory.org/us/6c.asp This is one of the many websites that describes how slavery expanded. From Us History.Org a very descriptive website.

http://www.understandingrace.org/history/gov/expan_slavery.html Here is a website that explains how slavery expanded throughout the larger southren states to help farmers increase there labor.

http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/00396/picturegallery1_clip_image001.gif Here is a map that shows the percentage of slaves per state in the united states of America.

**Origins of slavery in America:** African Americans first entered the United States as indentured servants through Jamestown, Virginia in 1619. African slaves could earn their freedom working as artisans and laborers for settlers of the European decent. By 1840, Maryland became the first colony to institutionalize slavery. Look here ([|Origin of Slavery]) for more information about slavery coming to the United States.

**African American Slaves vs. Native American Slaves:** The Native American slave trade only lasted until 1730, not nearly as long as African American slave trade. Many European settlers thought that Native American slaves had a better chance of escaping to help other free Native Americans while African Americans were more "loyal to their masters." Look here ([|Native American Slavery]) for more information about Native American slaves.

**The Middle Passage:** Different people define the middle passage as different things. Some common trade names include "triangle trade", "circuit trade" or the "roundabout." First, ships went to Europe for African markets with commercial goods which were traded for kidnapped Africans. The enslaves Africans were then sold for other goods or raw material which would be transported back to Europe for a complete "Triangle Trade." Look here ([|The Middle Passage]) for more information regarding the Middle Passage.

This picture shows [|"The Middle Passage"]

**The Constitution on Slavery:** Although the word //slave// is not found anywhere in the Constitution, the document does say that apart from free persons, "all other persons", meaning slaves, are each to be counted as three-fifths of a white person. The Constitution also directs that people "held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another", meaning fugitive slaves, should be returned to their owners. Even though that America is the "land of the free" and the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence are about liberty and freedom, it was seldom applicable to African Americans. They were seen as a uneducated race who were excluded as members of society. Click here ([|Constitution and Slavery]) for more information about the Constitution and slavery.

**Broad Information:** -This PBS site ([|Slavery Information]) gives a brief and broad background regarding the growth of slavery in the United States.

-Even though this video ([|Slavery Information]) was made by a high school student, it gives a good background about slavery in America.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1h315.html THis is from PBs and it helps explains the early colonial laws about slavery.

http://www.wacohistoryproject.org/PDFandText/GrowthofSlavery.pdf This site is a paper explaining how slavery expanded throughout the nation.

http://www.brycchancarey.com/equiano/extract3.htm This is a website with a excerpt from a book that talks about the Middle Passage.

http://www.antislavery.org/breakingthesilence/main/04/index.shtml This is another website about the middle passage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39MS_OVX7MY Here is a video on why they brought slavery to the U.S.

http://civilwar.bluegrass.net/secessioncrisis/constitutiononslavery.html This explains why slavery wasn't outlawed in the constitution.