Key Terms

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Key Terms Slavery

• Triangular Trade
• Middle Passage
• Quakers
• Toussaint L'Overture
• Slave Codes
• 13th Amendment
• Civil War

• 14th Amendment

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Triangular Trade

• In the 18th Century, ships traveled in a
  triangular route which was broken into three
  legs.
• In the first leg, ships would leave New York or
  Boston and sail to Western Africa.
• Rum and iron were traded for gold and slaves.

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The Middle Passage

• The second leg of the triangle would be known as
  the Middle Passage.
• Middle Passage ? leg of the triangle that brought
  the enslaved Africans to the West Indies and the
  Caribbean where they were exchanged for molasses.

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Middle Passage (cont.)

• The Middle Passage was by far the worst for the
  slaves.
• They were chained in place, poorly fed and abused
  in many cases.
• On the last leg of the trip, the molasses was
  taken back to New York and converted into rum.

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Slavery in the West Indies

• Slaves were put to work on the sugar plantations.
• Survivors of the work on the sugar plantations
  were usually resold as 'seasoned' slaves.

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Speaking Out Against Slavery

• Quakers ? Puritanical group that petitioned
  England to outlaw slavery.
• Many people wrote about the horrors of the Middle
  Passage which helped in bringing the abuses of
  slavery to light.

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Revolt in Haiti

• Toussaint L'Overture would lead a revolt against
  his French captors and help free them from
  colonial rule.
• Overture himself would die of yellow fever
  eventually but his example would serve as a
  cautionary tale to other slave-using countries.

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Results

• The British would outlaw the slave trade in 1807
  out of fear of a crippling uprising.
• The British would end slavery altogether in 1834
  on the basis of its immorality.
• France freed its slaves in 1848.
• Spain waited until 1873 to free its slaves in
  Puerto Rico and 1888 to free them in Cuba

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Slavery in North America

• Slaves from Africa arrived in Virginia in 1619.
• Workload would be manageable until the growth of
  the cotton trade.
• With the advent of the cotton trade, slavery
  became worse in America.

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Slavery in North America

• Slaves outnumbered their Southern masters by a
  large amount and due to this growth the Slave
  Codes were passed.
• Slave Codes ? laws that prohibited slaves from
  owning weapons, learning to read, meeting in
  groups and going anywhere without permission.

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Results

• The U.S. Constitution would prohibit the slave
  trade in 1808 but it would not be until the Civil
  War when slavery would end.
• Civil War ? war fought between the Northern
  territories and Southern territories (Union and
  Confederacy respectively) from 1861-1865.
• 13th Amendment ? ended slavery in the U.S..
• 14th Amendment ? granted due process to former
  slaves.
• 15th Amendment ? gave African-Americans the right
  to vote.